Waves
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What is a wave?
The transfer of energy between two fixed points
What is a mechanical wave?
A wave that affects a material medium longitudinal & transverse
What is a longitudinal wave?
A wave that compresses; particles push past each other, moving the wave.
What is a transverse wave?
A wave that moves in an up-and-down pattern. Has a trough & crest.
What is light?
A wave, a form of energy. (Electromagnetic radiation)
Energy of light = ?
Depends on the length of the wave
Energy amounts increase when the length of a wave ___
Decreases
Atoms are the ‘?’
Building blocks of life
The amount of ‘step’s an electron goes is their _____ _____
Energy level
When the electron jumps up/down it ___
Emits a very specific color of light.
When the energy of a wave decreases, it becomes ‘____’
Bluer
When the energy of a wave increases, it becomes ‘___’
Redder
The closer an object comes, the more ___ it becomes.
Bluer / compressed
The farther an object goes, the more ___ it becomes.
Redder
Most people have 3 color cones, the ______, _______, and the ______.
Red, green, and blue cones.
What color did our brains make up?
Magenta
12% of females have how many cones?
4 cones, the extra makes colors more vivid.