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Waves, light, color
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6th Grade
01/08/2014

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What do waves do in response to their medium?
Definition
Bend.
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Longitudinal wave?
Definition

curly, round and round, horizontal.

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Transverse wave?
Definition

Up and down, vertical, simple.

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What is the volume of a wave related to?
Definition
Amplitude.
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Acronym for the colors in white light--and of the rainbow?
Definition

ROYGBIV.

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green 

Blue 

Indigo

Violet

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Which color of the rainbow refracts the least?
Definition
Red, with a refracted angle of 15 degrees.
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Which color refracts the most?
Definition
Violet, at a refracted angle of 15.32 degrees.
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How is sound made?
Definition
By the vibration of matter. The sounds you hear are going into your ears from the sound waves the vibration created.
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Are wavelength and amplitude similar or different?
Definition
VERY similar!!
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What are the three main things light can do?
Definition
Reflect, absorb, and transmit.
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What is potential energy based off of?
Definition
Gravitational pull.
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True or False: Energy can't be created or destroyed.
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True!
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Faster objects have more risk of growing moss: True or false?
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Obviously false. Faster objects have more energy and heat, but not the higher risk of growing moss!
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What does "1/2 mv squared" mean?
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The more mass an object has, the more kinetic energy it can have as it moves.
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What is the definition of heat?
Definition
Thermal energy due to the motion of atoms.
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Can photons travel in waves?
Definition
Yes, totally.
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Are gamma rays dangerous, as well as other things on the electromagnetic spectrum?
Definition
Yes! A few things on the electromagnetic spectrum are hazardous to your health.
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What kind of waves does the sun produce?
Definition
Ultraviolet. This kind of wave is damaging to your skin without sunscreen.
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Can too many x-rays hurt you?
Definition
Duh, you frickin idiot
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What happens if you change the heat of something. What will happen to the things it gives off?
Definition
The object will give off different electromagnetic waves.
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What us resonance?
Definition
Waves building each other up.Wave teamwork!
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What is the medium for an earthquake?
Definition
The ground. Jeez.
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True or false: Light can be reflected, refracted, or both.
Definition
True!
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Are earthquakes seismic waves?
Definition
Yeah man..
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The higher the frequency....
Definition
The higher the sound or pitch. And vice versa.
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The bigger the wavelength....
Definition
The lower the note. And vice versa!
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The higher the amplitude....
Definition
The louder the sound.
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