Unit 4 Vocab

the ability to cause change

• wave

• force

• energy

• medium

a movement of energy through a medium or space from one place to another

• wave

• medium

• crest

• trough

a substance or material that a wave travels through

• medium

• frequency

• amplitude

• visible waves

the distance between identical points on two back to back waves

• visible waves

• trough

• electromagnetic spectrum

• wavelength

the number of times a wave passes a certain point in a given amount of time

• medium

• frequency

• wavelength

• amplitude

measure of the size of the disturbance of a wave; height on the y-axis

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

the highest point of a wave

• electromagnetic spectrum

• crest

• trough

• medium

the lowest point of a wave

• visible waves

• wave

• trough

• crest

the range of all types of electromagnetic radiation, including the wavelengths or frequencies of visible and invisible forms of energy, including radio, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma

• energy

• wave

• medium

• electromagnetic spectrum

the wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum that we can see

• wave

• medium

• frequency

• visible waves