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The highest point of a wave
Crest
Destroys body tissues
Gamma rays
How high or low a tone sounds
Pitch
When waves cross paths
Destructive interference
Combination of crest and trough
Wavelengths
The time it takes for one wave to pass
Period
Radar
Microwaves
One complete wave motion
Cycle
When waves bounce
Reflection
When waves bend
Refraction
The longest EM waves
Electric waves
When waves spread due to uneven relection
Diffusion
Red orange yellow green blue indigo violet
Visible light
AM FM TV
Radio waves
Heat waves
Infrared
Penetrates matter
X Rays
The distance a wave rises or falls
Amplitude
A rhythmic disturbance
Waves
Categories of electromagnetic energy
EMS
The lowest point of a wave
Trough
"Sunburns"
UV Rays
The rest position of a wave
Normal
The number of waves per second
Frequency
The unit of sound intensity
Desible
The transfer of sound from one object to another
Residence
Uses sound to locate objects
Sonar
The approaching sound waves compress...
Doppler affect
Sound intesity
Loudness
Multiple echoes of sound
Reverberation
120 db
The thresh hold of paint
Below our range of hearing
Infrasonic
2 similar sounds pass through each other
Beats
Beyond our range of hearing
Ultrasonic
How high or low a tone sounds
Pitch
Temporary "spread out" particles
Rarefactions
How rainbows are formed
Rain drops act as tiny prisms
A very large number of individual light waves
Beam
Where all the light rays converge in front of a concave morror
Principle focus
Used to measure illumination
Light meter
Line spectra
Emission spectra
Thick in the center, thin at the edge
Concave
A flat mirror
Plain mirror
Produces a monochromatic coherent beam
LASER
The distance from principle focus to the lens
Focal lengths
The image produced before a concave mirror
Real image
Waves bending around an object
Defraction
Our perceptions of visible light
Colors
The unit of light intensity
Candela
The image produced by a plane mirror
Virtual image
EMR that we can see with our eyes
Visible light
Thin in the center, thick at the edge
Concave lens
Emits only one single color
Monochromatic
Roman in the Greek New Testament
Study it
A representation of the direction of light
Ray
All the wavelengths of the EMS
Light
The distance light travels on one year
Light year
He's one of the top 3
JC Maxwell
Emits visible light
Luminous
The amount of time an object is in light
Light flux
A mirror in a cup-like shape
Concave mirror
An object that reflects visible light
Luminant
All the wavelengths of visible light combined
White light
Author
TheRicher
ID
22082
Card Set
Science Test
Description
Study guide for science, this is Graham, Sam, and Sean's study guide for there iPod.
Updated
2010-06-05T04:33:45Z
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