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  1. The highest point of a wave
    Crest
  2. Destroys body tissues
    Gamma rays
  3. How high or low a tone sounds
    Pitch
  4. When waves cross paths
    Destructive interference
  5. Combination of crest and trough
    Wavelengths
  6. The time it takes for one wave to pass
    Period
  7. Radar
    Microwaves
  8. One complete wave motion
    Cycle
  9. When waves bounce
    Reflection
  10. When waves bend
    Refraction
  11. The longest EM waves
    Electric waves
  12. When waves spread due to uneven relection
    Diffusion
  13. Red orange yellow green blue indigo violet
    Visible light
  14. AM FM TV
    Radio waves
  15. Heat waves
    Infrared
  16. Penetrates matter
    X Rays
  17. The distance a wave rises or falls
    Amplitude
  18. A rhythmic disturbance
    Waves
  19. Categories of electromagnetic energy
    EMS
  20. The lowest point of a wave
    Trough
  21. "Sunburns"
    UV Rays
  22. The rest position of a wave
    Normal
  23. The number of waves per second
    Frequency
  24. The unit of sound intensity
    Desible
  25. The transfer of sound from one object to another
    Residence
  26. Uses sound to locate objects
    Sonar
  27. The approaching sound waves compress...
    Doppler affect
  28. Sound intesity
    Loudness
  29. Multiple echoes of sound
    Reverberation
  30. 120 db
    The thresh hold of paint
  31. Below our range of hearing
    Infrasonic
  32. 2 similar sounds pass through each other
    Beats
  33. Beyond our range of hearing
    Ultrasonic
  34. How high or low a tone sounds
    Pitch
  35. Temporary "spread out" particles
    Rarefactions
  36. How rainbows are formed
    Rain drops act as tiny prisms
  37. A very large number of individual light waves
    Beam
  38. Where all the light rays converge in front of a concave morror
    Principle focus
  39. Used to measure illumination
    Light meter
  40. Line spectra
    Emission spectra
  41. Thick in the center, thin at the edge
    Concave
  42. A flat mirror
    Plain mirror
  43. Produces a monochromatic coherent beam
    LASER
  44. The distance from principle focus to the lens
    Focal lengths
  45. The image produced before a concave mirror
    Real image
  46. Waves bending around an object
    Defraction
  47. Our perceptions of visible light
    Colors
  48. The unit of light intensity
    Candela
  49. The image produced by a plane mirror
    Virtual image
  50. EMR that we can see with our eyes
    Visible light
  51. Thin in the center, thick at the edge
    Concave lens
  52. Emits only one single color
    Monochromatic
  53. Roman in the Greek New Testament
    Study it
  54. A representation of the direction of light
    Ray
  55. All the wavelengths of the EMS
    Light
  56. The distance light travels on one year
    Light year
  57. He's one of the top 3
    JC Maxwell
  58. Emits visible light
    Luminous
  59. The amount of time an object is in light
    Light flux
  60. A mirror in a cup-like shape
    Concave mirror
  61. An object that reflects visible light
    Luminant
  62. All the wavelengths of visible light combined
    White light
Author
TheRicher
ID
22082
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Science Test
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Study guide for science, this is Graham, Sam, and Sean's study guide for there iPod.
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