Light and Sound Waves Vocabulary Quiz

Transfer of energy into a medium

• transmission
• refraction
• absorption
• reflection

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When a wave

encounters an

object in its path

and bends

around it

• Absorption
• Reflection
• Diffraction
• Refraction

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The material through which a wave travels

• enormous
• tiny
• large
• medium

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Waves of energy made by vibrations; require a

medium (air, water, or solids) to travel

• electromagnetic waves
• static waves
• invisible waves
• sound waves

Electromagnetic waves with wavelengths longer than

ultraviolet waves but shorter than infrared waves and

within the range that can be detected by the eye

• visible light
• radio waves
• infrared light
• ultraviolet light

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Energy waves bouncing off the surface of an

object

• absorption
• transmission
• reflection
• refraction

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Oscillations of electromagnetic fields that carry

energy through a medium or through a vacuum

• Electricity
• Sound waves
• Magnetic fields
• Electromagnetic waves

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Energy waves bouncing off the surface of an

object

• absorption
• transmission
• refraction
• reflection

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Energy waves bending (changing direction and

speed) as they pass from one type of object to

another

• Refraction
• Absorption
• Diffraction
• Reflection

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When you place a pencil in a cup of water; what is being displayed between the light, pencil and water?

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