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17 Cards in this Set
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What are frequencies that plants use to grow and causes skin cancer
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ultraviolet
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What is a transparent piece of glass or plastic that separates light by its frequencies
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prism
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What is light produced as a result of something(usually metal) being heated
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incandescent
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Light that is perfectaly parallel with crest and troughs aligned
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coherent
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highest frequencies of waves that are given off by the sun but are filtered out by earths atmosphere
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gamma rays
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Light that is made up of only one frequency and is perfectly parallel with crests and troughs aligned
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laser
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Frequency used for police,fire,and ambulance communication
Companies also use these for intertainment |
radio
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Another name for transverse waves
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electromagnetic waves
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Frequencies felt as heat; used as heat lamp of night vision googles
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infrared
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Material that doesnt allow light to pass through
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opaque
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lights that use glass filled tubes to produce light
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fluorescent
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materail that allows light to pass through but causes it to scatter as it passes through
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translucent
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frequencies used for cooking and carrying signals for communication
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microwaves
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frequencies that human eyes can see
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visible
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material that allows light to pass throught easily
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transparent
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light given off by a living organism
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bioluminescent
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frequensies used to see inside the human body
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x-rays
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