Exploring Wave Properties and Interactions

Front

What is the term for the matter through which waves can travel?

Back

Medium

Front

If you see an object as orange, what is happening to the light?

Back

It is reflecting orange light and absorbing all other colors.

Front

Different pitches of sound are due to their different ____.

Back

frequency

Front

Frequency is how many waves pass a point in 1 second. If 100 waves pass a given point in 4 seconds, what is the wave's frequency?

Back

25 Hz

Front

What is the term for the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another?

Back

Refraction

Front

What is the term for the bouncing back of a wave when it hits a surface?

Back

Reflection

Front

What is the term for the spreading out of waves as they pass through a narrow opening?

Back

Diffraction

Front

What is the distance between two consecutive crests of a wave called?

Back

Wavelength

Front

What is the measure of the height of a wave from its rest position?

Back

Amplitude

Front

What type of wave has particles that move perpendicular to the direction of the wave?

Back

Transverse Wave