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| A wave that can travel through empty space or matter and consists of changing electric and magnetic fields. |
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| Waves are any disturbance that transmits energy through matter or empty space. |
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| Radiation is the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves |
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| A spectrum of different kinds and lengths of light |
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| the bouncing back of a ray of light, sound, or hear when the ray hits a surface that it doeos not go through |
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| when light is absorbed by a material |
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| when light refracts or deviates from its original path |
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| the bending of a wave as the wave passes between two substances in which the speed of the wave differs. |
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| the change in wave propagation as affected by the presence of two or more waves that result ina new wave pattern |
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| interference is the addition(superposition) of two or more waves that result in a new wave pattern |
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| waves in which particles vibrate in an up and down motion. i,e; Electromagnetic waves. |
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| something for something to pass through |
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| the height of a wave. the measurement is take from the crest to the half way point to the trough. |
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| the distance between two points on a wave. Either crest to crest or trough to trough. |
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| the number of occurrences within a given time period |
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| the speed at which a wave travels through a medium |
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