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Waves Vocab.
Term | Definition |
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Abrosption | The transfer of energy from a wave to a medium |
Amplitude | The distance between the highest crest and the resting position |
Barrier | Something that blocks the way; an obstacle |
Bend | To turn or force from straight or even to curved or angular |
Brightness | The lightness or darkness of reflected light (intensity of color) |
Color | What you see when light shines (reflects or emits) off an object |
Color Filter | A transparent material that absorbs some colors and allows others to pass through |
Echo | A repeated sound that is caused by the reflection of a sound wave from a surface |
Electromagnetic Wave | A form of energy that can travel through empty space |
Frequency | The number of times a wave repeats in a given amount of time |
Lens | A curved piece of glass or plastic designed to refract light in a specific way |
Light Wave | waves that come from a light source (Ex: visible light - ROYGBIV) |
Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space |
Mechanical Wave | A wave that requires a medium to travel through |
Medium/Media | Material through which a wave travels |
Mirror | A reflecting surface |
Path | Also known a trajectory; is the path and object follows in space |
Prism | A piece of glass or transparent material that bends light |
Propagate | The way waves travel or moves |
Proportion | Something changes with regard to something else |
Ray | The movement of light from its source to a surface or object |
Ray Diagram | Shows how light travels, including what happens when it reaches a surface |
Reflection | Waves bouncing off a medium |
Refraction/Refracted | The bending of waves due to a change in speed |
Sound Wave | A vibration, or wave, that travels through matter (solid, liquid, gas) and can be heard |
Transmit | To cause (light, heat, sound, etc) to pass through a medium |
Transparent | Allows light to pass through |
Visible Light Spectrum | The proportion of the electromagnetic spectrum that the human eye can view |
Wave | Any disturbance that transfers energy from place to place |
Wavelenght | The distance the wave travels before it starts to repeat |