Unit 5 Vocabulary Review Waves

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  1. 2. Unit of measurement for frequency of a wave
  2. 4. EM radiation who's energy can pass through most objects except bone and lead
  3. 6. The height of a wave measured from rest to crest
  4. 9. EM radiation with relatively short wavelength used by remote controls and night vision equipment.
  5. 11. Spectrum All the EM waves organized by wavelength and frequency
  6. 13. What is the name for the highest point of wave
  7. 14. Therapy Cancer treatment that uses gamma waves to kill or slow the growth of cancer cells
  8. 15. Wave EM radiation with shortest wavelength and highest energy
  9. 17. Light Only part of EM spectrum that the human eye can see
  10. 18. A disturbance or variation that transfers energy
  11. 19. What is the name of the bottom or lowest point of wave
  12. 20. Wave EM radiation with longest wavelength and lowest energy used for communication like cell phones, wifi, TV, radio, and GPS
  13. 21. Optic Technology that sends information by transmitting light through a glass or plastic fiber
Down
  1. 1. Sterilization Disinfects surfaces by exposure to UV radiation
  2. 3. distance between crest to crest or trough to trough
  3. 5. The number of waves that pass a given point in a specified amount of time
  4. 7. Waves Type of wave in which the particles oscillate perpendicular to the direction in which the energy travels
  5. 8. Wave Radiation energy propagated by variations in electric and magnetic field intensity.
  6. 10. Form of EM radiation with long wavelength, low energy used for cooking, doppler weather forecasting, and radar
  7. 12. A measurable quantity that describes how much change can occur within a system
  8. 16. Substance that a wave travels through such as solid liquid or gas, but some waves can pass through a vacuum
  9. 18. Technology To communicate by sending data from transmitter to receiver