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Light Waves Vocabulary
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- 1—Transverse Waves
- 2Blue ShiftLight waves coming towards you will appear to have a slightly higher frequency and will appear more blue.
- 3Red ShiftLight waves going away from you will appear to have a slightly lower frequency and will appear more red.
- 4Is light a wave, a particle or both?Both
- 5Does the speed of light traveling in space change (the speed, not the frequency or wavelength)?No, the speed of light in space is constant (~300,000,000 meters/second)
- 6A photonWhat we call light when it acts like a particle.
- 7FrequencyNumber of waves per second
- 8WavelengthLength of a wave
- 9AmplitudeA measure of how much energy a wave carries (height of the wave).
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- Flashcards on Light Waves Vocabulary, created by Susan Prihar on 24/01/2022.
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