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1 Frequency of a wave affects the p_______ of the wave. Frequency affects the pitch. Click here for answer back

2 The loudness of a sound is affected by its A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. back Click here for answer What is amplitude.

3 This is the number of waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time. back Click here for answer What is frequency?

4 Light travels at the speed of _ _ _, _ _ _ kilometers per second! back Click here for answer What is 300,000?

1 An electromagnetic wave can go through __________________. back Click here for answer What is empty space or nothing!

2 When we talk about waves…..this is the highest point in a wave ….it is called its _ _ _ _ _. back Click here for answer What is a crest?

3 This type of wave we studied causes vibrations and needs to have a medium to go through. back Click here for answer What is a mechanical wave or a sound wave?

4 The transfer of light energy to particles of matter. When light shines some of the energy gets transferred to particles of matter. We call this A_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. back Click here for answer What is absorption?

. 1 This word related to light means when light interacts with matter and causes it to change direction. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ back Click here for answer What is scattering.

2 This is the lowest point of a wave. back Click here for answer What is a trough?

3 This type of electromagnetic wave we studied does not need a medium to go through…it can go through empty space. It is the part of the electromagnetic spectrum we can see. back Click here for answer What is light wave or white light or visible light?

4 What is the name of letter C back Click here for answer What is Infrared waves?

1 This is the term that means light is bent. The bending of light is called _________. back Click here for answer What is refraction.

2 This is the word we give to the distance from one point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave. Example: from one crest to the next crest. back Click here for answer What is wavelength?

3 White light is actually a combination of which colors added together. back Click here for answer What are all the colors. White light is a combination of all colors?

4 This color of light absorbs the most heat? back Click here for answer What is a black?

1 When we use a mirror to have light bounce off of it we call this _________________. back Click here for answer What is reflection?

2 This is what we call the speed at which a wave travels through a medium. back Click here for answer What is wave speed?

3 Waves travel at (different speeds, or the same speed) depending on what type of medium they are going through. back Click here for answer What is different speeds. Example: sound travels faster through water than air?

4 Name all the colors of white light in their correct order. back Click here for answer What is ROYGBIV. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet.