Light Waves

The top of the wave

• Crest

• Compression

• Rarefaction

• Trough

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the length from rest to crest

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Rarefaction

• Wavelength

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Can travel through matter (gas, liquid, solid) and empty space. 

• sound

• light

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The light we can see. 

• visible

• gamma

• ultraviolet

Makes you get sunburn. 

• x-ray

• visible

• ultraviolet

What is reflection in simple terms?

• Soaks up light

• Passes through

• light bounces off

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What does refract mean?

• To shrink

• To bend

• To widen

• To enlarge

Why does a banana look yellow?

• it reflects yellow wavelengths of light and absorbs most other wavelengths

• it absorbs yellow wavelengths of light and reflects most other wavelengths

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what is the correct order of the visible light spectrum?

• red, yellow, green, orange, blue, violet and indigo

• indigo, blue, violet, orange, yellow, green and red

• violet, blue, indigo, green, yellow, orange and red

• red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet

When you see the color black...

• All colors are reflecting

• All colors are absorbed

• The color blacl is reflecting

• the color black is absorbed

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