Unit 3 Review - Waves & Information Transfer

the up and down movement of water, a disturbance that carries energy

• wave

• prism

• pictrograph

• wavelength

the top of a wave

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

• opaque

the bottom of a wave

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• amplitude

the distance between a point in one wave and the identical point in the next wave

• wavelength

• amplitude

• trough

• crest

half of the distance from the crest to the trough of a wave

• wavelength

• amplitude

• trough

• crest

how loud or soft a sound is

• Trough

• Phenomenon

• Volume

• Amplitude

letting all light pass through

• Transparent

• Opaque

• Reflection

• Refraction

letting no pass through

• Transparent

• Opaque

• Reflection

• Refraction

the bouncing of light waves when they encounter an obstacle

• Transparent

• Opaque

• Reflection

• Refraction

the bending of light waves as they pass through material

• Transparent

• Opaque

• Reflection

• Refraction