Waves Properties and Visible Light

Any disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space.

• Wave

• Crest

• Trough

• Medium

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The matter through which a wave travels.

• Wave

• Crest

• Vacuum

• Medium

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The height of a wave from the rest position to the crest.

• wavelength

• amplitude

• medium

• frequency

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The highest points of the wave.

• Crest

• Trough

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The length of a wave from crest to crest, trough to trough, compression to compression, or rarefaction to rarefaction.

• Crest

• Trough

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

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The number of waves that pass a fixed point in one second (measured in Hertz (Hz).

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• frequency

Describe the relationship between wavelength and energy of a wave.

• The shorter the wavelength, the more energy.

• The shorter the wavelength, the less energy.

• The longer the wavelength, the more energy.

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Describe the relationship between amplitude and energy of a wave.

• The greater the amplitude, less energy.

• The greater the amplitude, more energy.

• The smaller the amplitude, more energy.

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What wave property determines the color you are seeing?

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

What happens to the energy of a wave as the amplitude decreases?

• As the amplitude decreases, the energy of the wave increases.

• As the amplitude decreases, the energy of the wave decreases.

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