Light Waves Key Terms

The part of the spectrum that includes the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

• UV waves

• microwaves

• visible waves

• X-rays

To give off

• absorb

• emit

• equalize

• transcend

The ability to make things move or change

• absorb

• emit

• strength

• energy

To pass through

• transmit

• reflect

• frequency

• amplitdude

Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• mass

• space

• matter

• things

To bounce off without absorbing

• emit

• reflect

• transfer

• escape

A type of invisible light that is beyond violet on the spectrum

• visible light

• radiowaves

• UV waves

• IR waves

To take in

• absorb

• emit

• grow

• transcend

The distance from one peak of a wave to the next

• amplitude

• frequency

• crest

• wavelength

The maximum height of a wave

• length

• frequency

• amplitude

• size