a pure substance that contains one type of atom and cannot be broken down into a simpler substance

A substance made of two or more chemical elements bonded to each other

A mixture in which the components are uniformly distributed throughtout and where the composition if the mixture is the same throughout

Heterogeneous mixture

A mixture in which the components are not uniform and where different samples from the mixture are not identical to each other

The attraction of molecules for other molecules of the same kind

The tendency of liquid molecules to attract one another and contract to the smallest possible surface area

The attraction of molecules of one kind for molecules of a different kind

A force that draws two obejcts together of keeps them attached to eachother

Compound that is sour and dissolves some metals

Compound that has opposite properties to acids, is bitter, and feels slippery

Having a pH of 7 and not the characteristics of acids or bases

That can break down other substances

Reaction that occurs when one or more substances are converted to one or more different substances

Equation that uses symbols and formulas to describe what happens in a chemical reaction

Chart that lists all the know chemical elements

Suvstances that react with each other to make something new

Resultion molecules in a chemical reaction

Law of Conservation of Mass

Law stating that matter cannot be created or destroyed during chemical reactions

Galaxy that appears to have a bulge in the center and arms that spiral outward in a pinwheel pattern

Galaxy shaped like a round or flattened ball

Galaxy that does not have a regular shape

All of space and everything in it

A theory that proposes that the universe formed in an instant in an enourmous explosion

A pheonomenon in which the wavelengths of light from a source shifts to the red end of the spectrum

Device that measures or detects a physical property, such as light, and records or responds to it

Having a wavelength longer than that of the red end of the visible spectrum but less than that of microwaves

Electromagnetic waves with a wavelength shorter than that of a normal radio wave but longer that that of infrared radiation

Electromagnetic waves that have the longest wavelength and lowest frequency

Light just above the visible spectrum, with shorter wavelength that violet light

Rays with very short wavelengths and high frqquencies

Giant ball if hot gas, made mostly of hydrogen and helium

The distance that light travels in one year, about 9.46 trillion kilmeters

The amount of energy a star gives off from its surface

Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

A graph plotting star luminosity and temperature

huge group of stars, dust, gas, planets, and other objects bound together by gravity

Rays with he highest frequency and shortest wavelengths of all electromagnetic waves

Treatment of cancer with gamma radiation

Ulraviolet seterilization

The disinfection of surfaces with intense ultraviolet radiation

Technology that uses radion waves to carry information over moderately short distances

The use of thin, flexible strands of glass or other transparent solids to carry infrared waves

The action of light bouncing off the surface of a medium

The action of light bending as it passes from one medium to another

Basic Wave Concepts Flashcards

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Wave

Back

A repeating disturbance, or change, that carries energy from one point to another.

2.

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Front

Medium

Back

A uniform substance through which energy travels.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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Frequency

Back

The number of disturbances that pass a point in a given amount of time in a wave.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Wavelength

Back

Distance between successive crests of a wave.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Amplitude

Back

Distance between the highest point, or crest, of a wave and the flat, bottom level.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Transverse Wave

Back

Wave that occurs when the particles of a medium are disturbed, or move in a right angle to the direction of the wave.

7.

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Front

Longitudinal Wave

Back

Wave that occurs when the particles of a medium move back and forth, or vibrate, along the same direction that the wave travels.

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