Science: Topic 1 - Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation

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Which color has the highest frequency?

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Violet

Front

Which color has the lowest frequency?

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Red

Front

What process names what happens when light is transmitted from air to water during the formation of a rainbow?

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Refraction

Front

Why do you hear your voice echo at the Grand Canyon?

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The sound waves reflect off the canyon walls.

Front

The number of waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time.

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Frequency

Front

The distance a wave travels before repeating.

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Wavelength

Front

The distance a wave travels in a certain amount of time.

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Speed

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Half the vertical distance from the trough to the crest of a wave.

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Amplitude

Front

What are two properties of longitudinal waves?

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Rarefaction and compression

Front

What must sound travel through in order to transfer energy?

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