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Aubrey's light vocabulary
light vocabulary
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6th Grade
01/17/2006
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Crest-
 Definition
the top of a wave.
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waveleangth-
 Definition
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trough-
 Definition
the bottom of a wave
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photons-
 Definition
a bundel of energy
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frequency-
 Definition
then number of waves that pass a certent point
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amplitude-
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a distance betwen a waves middel point
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transverse wave
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a wave in whichthe crest is going at a right angles
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amplitude-
 Definition
how much energy is in a wave
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tranceparent-
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lets light pass through easy
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opaque-
 Definition
light cant go throught it at all it reflects it
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trancelucnt-
 Definition
alowes some light to go throught but not as much
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reflection-
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light bouncing offof objects
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diffusion-
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some light bounces off some light gets through
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refraction-
 Definition
bending light waves
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convex
 Definition
uses to focus light to a point
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concave-
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used to magnify objectes
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