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18 Cards in this Set
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Intensity
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A measure of the amount of energy in a wave
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Laser Light
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light of a single wavelength with all the waves lined up
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Sonar
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A device that suses sound waves to measure distance
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Octave
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A musical sequence in which the top note has twice the frequency of the bottom note
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Noise
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Sound with no regular wave patterns
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Transparent
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Allows light to pass through so that objects the other side can be seen
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Opaque
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Does not allow light to pass through
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Compressional wave
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Wave in which matter vibrates in the same direction as the energy waves traveling through it
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Music
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Pleasant sound with regular wave patterns
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Transverse Waves
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A wave in which the crests and troughs move at right andgles to the direction of the wave'es travel
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Concave Mirror
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A mirror whose center curves away from an object
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Convex Mirror
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A mirror whose center curves toward an object
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Refraction
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The bending of a light wave as it moves from one material to another
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Degree
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A unit of angle measure, 1/360 of a complete circle
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Photon
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A bundle of energy that is released when an atom loses some energy
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Focal Point
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The point at which light rays meet when reflected or refracted
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Frequency
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The number or waves that pass a point in a given amount of time
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Amplitude
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The distance between a wave's midpoint and its crest or trough
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