Waves (Electromagnetic & Light) Vocabulary

A longitudinal wave that can travel only through matter

• electromagnetic wave

• sound wave

• seismic wave

• epicenter wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A mirror that curves inward

• one-way mirror

• focal point

• concave mirror

• convex mirror

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a rapid back-and-forth motion that can occur in solids, liquids, or gases

• sound wave

• vibration

• intensity

• refraction

the bouncing of a wave off a surface

• reflection

• rotation

• transparent

• intensity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a material that allows most of the light that strikes it to pass through, but through which objects appear blurry.

• light

• opaque

• transparent

• translucent

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

the change in direction of a wave as it changes speed in moving from one medium to another.

• vibration

• compression

• resonance

• refraction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

the amount of energy that passes through a square meter of space in one second

• frequency

• reflection

• intensity

• resonance

Electromagnetic radiation you can see

• heat

• light

• sight

• infrared

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

mirror that curves outward

• focal point

• one-way mirror

• concave mirror

• convex mirror

the change of pitch when a sound source is moving in relation to an oberver

• Doppler Effect

• phase change

• sound wave

• frequency modulation