5th Grade Vocabulary Part 4

The number of waves passing a given point in a given amount of time.

• velocity
• wavelength
• amplitude
• frequency

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Light travels in this type of wave.

• Compression Waves

• Transverse Waves

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When light bounces off an object.

• reflection
• refraction
• absorption
• transmission

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The bending of light

• diffraction
• dispersion
• reflection
• refraction

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When light travels through a material.

• transmission

• absorption

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The distance between two points in a wave that follow each other.

• amplitude
• frequency
• phase
• wavelength

The highest part of a wave.

• trough
• peak
• base
• crest

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The lowest part of a wave.

• trough
• crest
• amplitude
• peak