Unit 3 Unit 1-2 light waves

True or False

Light does NOT need a medium to travel through.

• True

• False

True or False: Light Waves can travel in a vacuum, like Outer Space

• True

• False

The height of a wave from the resting position to the crest, or the resting position to the trough

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency

• medium

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The distance between two crests or two troughs

• amplitutde

• frequency

• wavelength

• medium

The number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency

• medium

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The amount of energy in a wave (how bright or dim a light is)

• medium

• wavelength

• amplitude

• frequency

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A light wave that bounces off a surface is being

• transmitted

• reflected

• absorbed

• diffracted

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Colors are determined by the __________ of a wave

• amplitude

• wavelength

True or False:

Light waves with different amounts of energy produce different colors.

• True

• False

What determines color?

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

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