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25 Cards in this Set
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What is the ability to do work?
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Energy
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A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another
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wave
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What is a medium?
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A matter through which waves can travel
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Waves that can travel through mediums
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Mechanical waves
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The distance between one point on a wave and the nearest point just like it
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Wavelength
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the number of ull wavelengths that pass a point each second
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Frequency
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The greatest distance that vibrations in a wave move from their normal position when a waves passes by
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Amplitude
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The distance per time that a given wave travels.
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Speed
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The bending of waves.
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Refraction
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The bouncing back of a wave
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Reflection
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When waves pass through a given point or medium.
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Transmission
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When the energy is not transferred through the given medium or space.
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Absorption
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Amplifies sound waves
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Middle Ear
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Gathers sound waves and shaped to help capture sound waves
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Outer Ear
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Transmits vibrations from the bones of the middle ear to the liquid in the inner ear.
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Inner Ear
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Transparent tissue that transmits and refracts light to the pupil
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Cornea
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Refracts light and focuses light waves on the retina
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Lens
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located on the back of the inside of the eye and is composed of tiny nerves
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Retina
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The range of electromagnetic waves
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electromagnetic spectrum
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have the longest wavelengths and lowest frequencies of the electromagnetic waves
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radio waves
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radio waves with the shortest wavelengths and the highest frequencies
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microwaves
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have shorter wavelengths and higher frequencies than radio waves
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infrared rays
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wavelengths just shorter than visible light
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ultraviolet rays
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have shorter wavelengths and higher frequencies than infrared rays and make up only a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum
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visible light
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have very short wavelengths
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x-rays
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