Unit 6 Sound & Light Vocab

A form of energy that can travel through space.

• Light

• Sound

• Electromagnetic Waves

• Hyper Speed

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Repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down motion

• Sliding Friction

• Vibration

• Forward/ Reverse Force

• Miyagi Karate

The arrangement of waves of radiant energy in order of wavelength and frequency.

• Electromagnetic Wave

• sound wave

• Princess Wave

• Electromagnetic Spectrum

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A wave that moves the medium parallel to the direction in which the wave travels.

• Longitudinal Wave

• Parallel wave

• sound wave

• infrared wave

Electromagnetic radiation that lies within the visible range.

• x-rays

• light

• gamma rays

• radio waves

A longitudinal wave consisting of compressions and rarefactions, which travels through a medium

• sound wave

• infrared wave

• electromagnetic wave

• light wave

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The bouncing back of an object or a wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass.

• refraction

• reflection

• absorption

• transaction

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How high or low the frequency of a sound is

• frequency

• volume

• height

• pitch

A material that allows light to pass through without scattering light. Clear.

• translucent

• opaque

• transparent

• invisible

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Unit for frequency

• newtons

• hertz

• joules

• meters

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