Across
- 2. The wave's point that displays the maximum amount of negative displacement
- 5. A phenomenon which occurs when a ray of light strikes a surface. The energy from the light is transferred to the surface material
- 6. The number of crests of a wave that move past a given point in a given unit of time The most common unit is the hertz (Hz)
- 8. A material substance (solid, liquid, gas, or plasma) that can propagate energy waves
- 11. The luminance of a body, apart from its hue or saturation
- 14. The point or part of a system where energy or mass is added to the system
- 16. light Electromagnetic radiation of a single frequency
- 17. A line (straight or curved) that is perpendicular to the light's wavefronts. Geometric optics describes how they propagate through an optical system
- 18. Electromagnetic radiation within a certain portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The word usually refers to visible xxx
- 19. Property of waves defined as the distance between the peaks of two waves. If two waves have the same frequency,
- 20. Physical quantity referring to how fast something is moving
Down
- 1. Property of a light wave determined by the frequency of the electromagnetic radiation
- 3. The spatial period of a sinusoidal wave.It is inversely related to frequency, we use the greek letter lambda (λ) to designate it.
- 4. A phenomenon happening when light waves move through a material without being absorbed
- 7. An object that reflects light. If it's flat, incident light in some range of wavelengths
- 9. A transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum
- 10. Devices constructed to bend light. Convex ones will converge light and can form an image
- 12. The time for a particle on a medium to make one complete vibrational cycle. The unit of measure is second.
- 13. A phenomenon in which two waves superpose to form a resultant wave of greater or lower amplitude
- 15. The point on the medium that exhibits the maximum amount of positive
