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Unit 4 Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Wave | a disturbance that TRANSMITS ENERGY |
| Pitch | the HIGHNESS or LOWNESS of sound |
| Frequency | the NUMBER of SOUND VIBRATIONS that occur during a unit of time |
| Volume | the LOUDNESS of sound |
| Wavelength | the DISTANCE FROM ONE wave crest to THE NEXT ONE |
| Crest | TOP of a wave |
| Amplitude | The AMOUNT OF ENERGY in a wave |
| Decibels | the MATHEMATIC MEASUREMENT of VOLUME in UNITS |
| Vibration | BACK and FORTH MOVEMENTS of an object |
| Light | a form of ENERGY THAT CAN MOVE THROUGH SPACE |
| Transverse Wave | a wave that moves PERPENDICULAR to their motion |
| Electromagnetic Spectrum | a range of light rays organized and wavelengths |
| Laser | a beam of LIGHT FOCUSED in ONLY ONE direction |
| Ultraviolet Light | a light ray with SHORT WAVELENGTH and HIGH FREQUENCY |
| Infrared Waves | a light ray with LONG WAVELENGTH and LOW FREQUENCY |
| Perpendicular | the direction energy is carried (transverse wave) as light moved forward |
| Light | a VISIBLE form of electromagnetic energy |
| Opaque | material that BLOCKS LIGHT and ABSORBS it |
| Transparent | material that ALLOWS LIGHT TO PASS THROUGH and absorbs VERY LITTLE light |
| Translucent | material that TRANSMITS SOME LIGHT and ABSORBS SOME LIGHT (like wax papaer) |
| Reflection | the BOUNCING OF LIGHT off an object |
| Refraction | the BENDING OF LIGHT as it passes at an angle from one type of material into another |
| Prism | a TRANSPARENT material that SEPERATES white light into its component colors BY REFRACTION |
| Diffraction | the BENDING OF LIGHT around barriers or through openings |