Waves

a back and forth motion

• waves

• wavelength

• reflection

• refraction

Distance from any point on one wave to a corresponding point on the next wave, such as crest to crest

• wave

• wavelength

• absorption

• opaque

bending of a wave as it moves across the boundary between one medium to another

• reflection

• absorption

• transmitted

• refraction

bouncing back of a wave from a surface

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

• transmitted

the process or action by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another

• refraction

• reflection

• absorption

• transmitted

matter that allows light to pass through it easily

• transmitted

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

passage of light through matter

• light transfer

• transmitted

• transparent

• translucent

a type of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum longer than infrared light

• radio waves

• waves

• light waves

• electromagnetic spectrum

A wave that oscillates back and forth parallel to the direction it is traveling

• wavelength

• longitudinal waves

• laditudinal waves

• transparent waves

form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths ranging from about one meter to one millimeter

• gamma ray

• ultraviolet radiation

• regular waves

• microwave