waves, sound, light, color review

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color subtraction

absorbing colors of light to produce new colors

transparent

allows most light to pass through, producing clear images

translucent

allows some light to pass through, producing blurry images

elephants

animal that hears infrasonic

dolphins

animal that hears ultrasonic

opaque

blocks most light, no image is produced

color addition

combining colors of light to produce new colors

amplitude

distance from the nodal line to the crest

amplitude

distance from the nodal line to the trough

cyan, magenta, yellow

list 3 secondary colors

electromagnetic

list another name for a transverse wave

insolation, egg cartons, carpet, curtains, egg crate-cut-foam

list at least 3 ways echoes can be prevented

green, blue, red

list the 3 primary colors

sound, longitudinal

list two other names from a compressional wave

trough

lowest part of the wave

vacuum

medium sound cannot travel through

heats up food

microwaves can..

transverse

the EM spectrum is made up of these waves

diffraction

the bending of a wave as it passes an edge or opening

Doppler effect

the change in pitch heard when the listener or the source of sound is moving

wavelength

the distance from one point of a wave to the same point in the next wave

wavelength

the distance from one trough to another trough

solid

the fastest medium a wave travels through

pitch

the highness or lowness of a sound

intensity

the loudness of a sound

frequency

the number of waves that pass a certain point per second

visible spectrum

the only part of the EM spectrum humans can see

longitudinal

the particles of the medium vibrate side to side in the direction of the wave movement

transverse

the particles of the medium vibrate up and down to the direction of the wave movement

echo

the reflected sound of a wave

liquid

the slowest medium a wave travels through

resonance

the tendency of an object to vibrate at the same frequency as another object

echolocation

the use of echoes to measure distance

human hearing range

20 to 20,000 Hz

visible light

ROY G BIV

gamma rays

Which part of the electromagnetic spectrum has the greatest amount of energy

Gamma rays

Which part of the electromagnetic spectrum has the shortest wavelength

radio waves

Which part of the electromagnetic spectrum has the smallest frequency

wave

a disturbance that travels through space or matter in a regular pattern

polarization

a process that produces light that travels in only one plane

velocity=frequency x wavelength

formula for finding velocity

ultrasonic sounds

frequencies above 20,000 Hz

infrasonic sounds

frequencies below 20 Hz

treat cancer

gamma rays can..

keeps food warm in restaurants

infrared rays can..

constructive interference

occurs when waves align in sync; creates a larger wave

destructive interference

occurs when waves are out of sync

compressional

particles are displaced back and forth

crest

peak of the wave

compression

point in a sound wave where the lines are close together

rarefaction

point in a sound wave where the lines are far apart

transmit t.v./ radio

radio waves can..

nodal line

resting line on a wave

long, low, red, radio

rhyme for left side of EM spectrum

short, high, gamma, vi(olet)

rhyme for right side of EM spectrum

pitch

this is determined by the frequency of a wave and is measured in Hz

cause sunburn

ultraviolet can..

Hertz

unit of measure for frequency and pitch

allow you to see

visible light can..

red

which color of light has the least amount of energy


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