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vocab words
Question | Answer |
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wavelength | shortest distance between equivalent point on a continuous wave |
frequency | number of waves that pass a given point per second |
amplitude | the waves height from the origin to the crest or from origin to the trough |
quantum | the minimum amount of energy that can be gained or lost by an atom |
photon | particle of electromagnetic radiation with no mass that carries a quantum of energy |
atom | smallest particle of an element |
isotope | same number protons but different number neutrons |
radioactivity | some substances spontaneously exit radiation |
neutron | a neutral subatomic particle in an atoms nucleus that has mass nearly equal to that of a proton |