Waves 2
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Wave | A disturbance that moves through matter or space
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| Compressional wave | Causes particles in matter to move back and forth along the same direction
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| Diffraction | Bending of waves around an object
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| Electromagnetic spectrum | Complete range of electromagnetic wave frequencies and wavelengths
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| Electromagnetic waves | Waves that can travel through matter or empty space, includes radio waves, infrared waves visible light waves, ultraviolet waves, X rays, and gamma rays
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| Frequency | The number of wavelengths that pass by a point each second
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| Infrared Waves | Electromagnetic waves with wavelengths between about one thousandth of a meter and 700 billionth of a meter.
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| Intensity | Amount of energy a wave carries past a certain area each second.
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| Law of reflection | The angle that the incoming wave makes with the normal equals the angle that the outgoing wave makes with the normal.
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| Pitch | As the amplitude (energy) decreases the sound gets softer
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| Refraction | The change in direction of wave when it changes speed as it travels from one material to another.
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| Reverberation | Repeated echoes of sound waves.
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| Transverse wave | Causes particles in matter to move back and forth at right angles
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| Ultraviolet waves | Electromagnetic waves with wavelengths between about 400 billionth and 10 billionth of a meter.
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| wavelength | The distance between one point on a wave and nearest point moving with the same speed and direction
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