Vocabulary Quiz: Light Waves

What does "absorb" mean?

• To give off

• To bounce off

• To take in

• To pass through

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What is amplitude?

• The maximum height of a wave

• The number of peaks in a wave

• The distance between wave peaks

• The ability to make things move

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What does "emit" mean?

• To take in

• To give off

• To form a mental picture

• To pass through

What is energy?

• A curved line showing wave characteristics

• The ability to make things move or change

• The maximum height of a wave

• A type of invisible light

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What does frequency measure?

• The distance between peaks of a wave

• The number of wave peaks passing in a second

• The ability of a wave to bounce off

• The range of wavelengths

What is light?

• A type of wave that carries energy even through empty space

• The maximum height of a wave

• A group of atoms joined together

• A curved line that shows wave characteristics

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What is a light source?

• Anything that has mass and takes up space

• An object that emits light

• The ability to make things move or change

• The distance between wave peaks

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What is matter?

• A range of wavelengths

• Anything that has mass and takes up space

• The number of peaks in a wave

• The ability to form a mental picture

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What is a molecule?

• The maximum height of a wave

• A group of atoms joined together in a particular way

• A type of invisible light

• A curved line showing wave characteristics

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What does rate measure?

• How often or fast something happens

• The distance between wave peaks

• The ability of a wave to bounce off

• The range of wavelengths