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10 Cards in this Set
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how fast a wave oscillates
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frequency
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discovered white light made of many colors and developed reflecting telescope
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Sir Isaac Newton
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whatever carries a wave
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wave medium
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realized that light is a type of electromagnetic wave
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James Clerk Maxwell
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low point of a wave
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trough
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movement of energy from one place to another
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wave
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high point of a wave
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crest
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turning back or turning aside of any wave when it hits an obstacle
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reflection
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single rise or depression in a wave
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pulse
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device that splits light into a spectrum for analysis
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spectroscopre
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