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waves vocab
Term | Definition |
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absorption | the transfer of energy from a wave to a medium |
amplitude | the distance between the highest crest and the resting positions |
barrier | something that blocks the way an obstacle |
bend | to turn or force from straight or even curved or angular |
brightness | the lightness or darkness of reflective light (intensity of light) |
color | what you see when light shines reflects or emits of an object |
color filter | a transparent material that absorbs some color and allows others to pass through |
echo | a repeated sound that caused by the reflection of a sound wave from a surface |
electric wave | a form of energy that can travel by empty space |
frequency | the number of times a wave repletes in a given amount of time |
lens | a curved piece of glass or plastic design to refract light in a specific way |
light way | wave that come from a source |
matter | anything that gas mass and takes up space |
mechanical waves | a wave that requires a medium to travel through |
medium/media | material through which a wave travels |
mirror | a reflecting source |
path | also known as trajectory is a path a object follows in space |
prism | a piece of glass or transparent material that blends light |
propagate | the way waves travel or move |
Proportion | Something changes with regard or something else |
Ray | The movement of light from its light from its source a surface or object |
Ray diagram | shows how light travels including what happens when it reaches a surface |
Reflection | Waves bouncing of a medium |
Refraction\refracted | The bending of waves due to change in speed |
Sound waves | The bending of waves due to change in speed |
Transmit | To cause light Heat ect to pass through medium |
Transparent | Allows light to pass through |
Visible light spectrum | The portion of the electromagnet spectrum that the human eye can view |
Wave | I need disturbance the energy from place to place |
Wavelength | The disturbance the wave travels before It starts to repeat |