waves vocabulary

Front

The ability to do work /cause change

Back

energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Front

Electromagnetic waves that you eyes can see

Back

Visible Light

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Front

Highest point on a wave

Back

Crest

Front

when someone else (other than the original researcher) carries out an experiment exactly and gets the same results over and over again

Back

Replication

Front

The lowest point on a wave

Back

Trough

Front

one person conducting the exact experiment over and over and over again, getting the same or very similar results each time

Back

Repetition

Front

energy carried by electromagnetic waves 

Back

Radiant Energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Front

 a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter

Back

Wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Front

the distance between the crest of one energy wave and the crest of the next energy wave

Back

Wavelength

Front

the range of different colors which is produced when light passes through a prism or through a drop of water; a rainbow shows the colors of the spectrum; ROYGBIV

Back

Electromagnetic Spectrum