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| What do waves do in response to their medium? |
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curly, round and round, horizontal.
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Up and down, vertical, simple.
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| What is the volume of a wave related to? |
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| Acronym for the colors in white light--and of the rainbow? |
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ROYGBIV.
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
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| Which color of the rainbow refracts the least? |
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| Red, with a refracted angle of 15 degrees. |
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| Which color refracts the most? |
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| Violet, at a refracted angle of 15.32 degrees. |
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| 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? |
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| What are the three main things light can do? |
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| Reflect, absorb, and transmit. |
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| What is potential energy based off of? |
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| True or False: Energy can't be created or destroyed. |
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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? |
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| Thermal energy due to the motion of atoms. |
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| Can photons travel in waves? |
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| Are gamma rays dangerous, as well as other things on the electromagnetic spectrum? |
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| 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? |
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| Ultraviolet. This kind of wave is damaging to your skin without sunscreen. |
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| Can too many x-rays hurt you? |
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| What happens if you change the heat of something. What will happen to the things it gives off? |
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| The object will give off different electromagnetic waves. |
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| Waves building each other up.Wave teamwork! |
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| What is the medium for an earthquake? |
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| True or false: Light can be reflected, refracted, or both. |
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| Are earthquakes seismic waves? |
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| The higher the frequency.... |
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| The higher the sound or pitch. And vice versa. |
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| The bigger the wavelength.... |
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| The lower the note. And vice versa! |
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| The higher the amplitude.... |
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