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McSweeney Chapter 27 Vocabulary

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1. In the particle model of electromagnetic radiation, a particle that travels only at the speed of light and whose energy is related to the frequency of the radiation in the wave model.   Photon  
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2. The distance light travels through a vacuum during one year.   Light Year  
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3. A wave that is partly electric and partly magnetic and carries energy. Emitted by vibrating electric charges.   Electromagnetic Wave  
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4. The range of electromagnetic waves extending from radio waves to gamma rays.   Electromagnetic Spectrum  
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5. Electromagnetic waves of frequencies lower than the red of visible light.   Infrared  
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6. Electromagnetic waves of frequencies higher than those of violet light.   Ultraviolet  
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7. Term applied to materials that allow light to pass through them in straight lines.   Transparent  
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8. Term applied to materials that absorb light without reemission, and consequently do not allow light to pass through them.   Opaque  
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9. A thin beam of light.   Ray  
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10. A shaded region that results when light falls on an object and thus cannot reach into the region on the far side of the object.   Shadow  
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11. The darker part of a shadow where all the light is blocked.   Umbra  
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12. A partial shadow that appears where light from part of the source is blocked and light from another part of the source is not blocked.   Penumbra  
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13. The aligning of vibrations in a transverse wave, usually by filtering out waves of other directions.   Polarization  
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