Waves-EM spectrum vocabulary

absorption

• created

  by vibrations and carried by compressional waves

• The

  height of a wave from its resting point.

• (physics)

  the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection

  or transmission on passing through a medium

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

electromagnetic

radiation

• a type

  of wave that transfer energy

• distance

  between two adjacent crests or troughs

• number

  of waves that pass a given point in one second

• the

  human perception of how much energy a wave carries

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

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electromagnetic

wave

• part of

  a compressional wave where the particles of the medium are far apart

• disturbance

  that transfers energy but not matter

• The

  range of waves that includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared waves, visible

  light, ultraviolet light, X-rays, and gamma rays.

• wave

  that doesn't require matter to transfer energy (e.g. light waves)

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

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echo

• reflected

  sound wave

• The

  height of a wave from its resting point.

• The

  number of waves that pass a point in one second.

• material

  through which a wave travels

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

electromagnetic

spectrum

• The

  distance from one peak of a wave to its next peak.

• reflected

  sound wave

• The

  range of waves that includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared waves, visible

  light, ultraviolet light, X-rays, and gamma rays.

• material

  through which a wave travels

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Diffraction

• bending

  of waves around a barrier

• bending

  of waves as they enter a different medium

• bouncing

  back of a wave when it hits a surface

• created

  by vibrations and carried by compressional waves

prism

• a curved

  surface that light passes through causing it to bend

• a lens

  that is thicker at the edges than in the middle; light enters the

  "cave"

• a lens

  that is thicker in the middle than the edges; light does NOT enter the

  "cave"

• A clear

  object that bends white light to separate it into the colors of the rainbow.

lens

• a curved

  surface that light passes through causing it to bend

• A clear

  object that bends white light to separate it into the colors of the rainbow.

• a type

  of wave that transfer energy

• lowest

  part of a transverse wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Trough

• highest

  part of a transverse wave

• lowest

  part of a transverse wave

• number

  of waves that pass a given point in one second

• property

  of sound that depends on the frequency of vibration; (how "high" or

  "low" a sound is)

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

concave

lens

• a lens

  that is thicker at the edges than in the middle; light enters the

  "cave"

• a lens

  that is thicker in the middle than the edges; light does NOT enter the

  "cave"

• highest

  part of a transverse wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2