Light Waves Vocabulary

to take in

• transmit

• spectrum

• absorb

• energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

the maximum height of a wave

• amplitude

• frequency

• energy

• wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

to give off

• waveform

• emit

• frequency

• light

the ability to make things move or change

• light source

• wavelength

• energy

• light source

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

the number of peaks of a wave that pass in a second

• matter

• amplitude

• frequency

• wavelength

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

a type of wave that carries energy from one place to another, even through empty space

• emit

• light

• wavelength

• waveform

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

an object that emits light

• light source

• light

• molecule

• rate

Tags

NGSS.4-PS4-2

anything that has mass and takes up space

• molecule

• reflect

• spectrum

• matter

a group of atoms joined together in a particular way

• waveform

• molecule

• energy

• transmit

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

how often or fast something happens

• rate

• reflect

• spectrum

• visualize