Light Waves

Which statement best describes what waves are?

• wavy lines on graph paper
• disturbances that transfer energy
• light energy that changes particles of matter
• circles that move out from a central place 

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How do earthquake waves travel through the earth?

• Heat waves
• Light waves
• Sound waves
• Mechanical waves

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The light we can see. 

• visible
• gamma
• ultraviolet

Can travel through matter (gas, liquid, solid) but not space. 

• light
• sound

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Can travel through matter (gas, liquid, solid) and empty space. 

• sound
• light

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Makes you get sunburn. 

• x-ray
• visible
• ultraviolet

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Visible light is 

• radiation
• light
• a way to transfer energy
• all of these

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When light shines through a prism it creates a ________________

• colors
• ROY G. BIV
• spectrum
• electromagnetic wave

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The highest point on a wave

• trough
• amplitude
• crest
• wavelength

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Light is a form of 

• energy
• radiation
• reflection

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