Chapter 12 - The Electromagnetic Spectrum Vocabulary

3. The high point of a transverse wave.
5. A very smooth surface usually made of polished metal or silver-coated glass.
9. A narrow band of visible radiation.
11. The distance from the surface of a lens or a concave mirror to the point where the light rays converge.
12. The entire range of wavelengths of electromagnetic waves that include radio waves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays, and radiation.
14. A surface that curves outward.
15. The image formed by a concave mirror.
16. When energy in the wave is transferred to matter as the wave passes.
17. The point at which rays of light, heat or radiation meet after being reflected or refracted.

1. The way a wave bends around an object or spreads out as it passes through an opening.
2. Electrical or magnetic energy that is reflected or produced by an electromagnetic field.
4. A surface that curves inward.
6. Waves of energy given off by a source.
7. The low point of a transverse wave.
8. An image that appears to form where light cannot actually reach.
10. Light is reflected off a mirror in straight lines at the same angle as the light hits the mirror.
13. The process in which two or more energy waves combine to reinforce or cancel each other.