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| ex. gamma rays |
radiation
concervatory stars |
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porkchoppony Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:45:33 GMT |
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| what is the law of reflection |
angle of incidence equals angle of reflection |
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porkchoppony Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:44:52 GMT |
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| what is the ray that bouces back off the mirror? |
reflected ray |
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porkchoppony Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:44:52 GMT |
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| what is the ray that first hits the mirror called |
incident ray |
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porkchoppony Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:44:52 GMT |
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| magnetic field |
created when electric current flows |
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| electric field |
created by voltage or electrical charge |
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porkchoppony Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:44:52 GMT |
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| rarefaction |
the ray of light that bends as it moves through a new medium |
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| compressions |
a space in the medium in which particles are crowded together |
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| wavelength |
distance between two consecutive crests or troughs |
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| amplitude |
the maximum movement from the resting point |
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| medium |
substance the wave travles through |
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| frequency |
number of compressions or rarefractions that pass a point per sec. |
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| wave |
a traveling disterbance that carries energy from 1 place to another |
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| four kinds of wave interactions |
reflection
refraction
diffraction
interference |
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porkchoppony Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:44:52 GMT |
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| in a _______ wave the medium moves in a circular motion |
surface |
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| the two kinds of interference are? |
constructive and destructive |
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porkchoppony Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:44:52 GMT |
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| what does a wave carry? |
ENERGY!! |
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porkchoppony Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:44:52 GMT |
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| ex. x-ray |
images of sun
x-ray machine |
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porkchoppony Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:40:05 GMT |
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| ex. ultraviolet |
concervatory
tanning booth |
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porkchoppony Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:40:05 GMT |
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| ex. visible |
sunlight
rainbows
tv |
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porkchoppony Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:40:05 GMT |
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| ex. infrared |
burning charcoal
satillites
remote control |
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porkchoppony Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:40:05 GMT |
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| ex. microwaves |
microwave
car
plane |
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porkchoppony Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:40:05 GMT |
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| list an example of radio waves? |
radio
tv
satillite |
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porkchoppony Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:40:04 GMT |
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| order of electromagnettic waves>.... longest wavelength to shortest |
radio
microwave
infrared
visible
ultraviolet
x-ray
gamma ray |
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porkchoppony Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:40:04 GMT |
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| what are electromagnetic waves/radiation? |
an electric field
and a magnetic field positioned at right angles to one another and the direction of the medium |
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porkchoppony Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:40:04 GMT |
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| what is the formula for the speed of a wave? |
number of waves % number of seconds |
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porkchoppony Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:37:19 GMT |
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| frequency is measured in |
hertz, HZ |
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porkchoppony Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:37:19 GMT |
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| electromagnetic radiation moves as the speed of ? |
light, 186,411 miles per second |
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porkchoppony Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:37:19 GMT |
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| the electromagnetic spectrum is _______ waves. |
TRANSVERSE |
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