Using+Light+Notes+A

__Using Light Notes -A__ (Cornell Style Notes) 1. Wave = a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place 2. Energy = the ability to do work 3. Medium = the material through which a wave travels 4. Vibration = he repeated back and forth or up and down motion 5. Crest = high point of a wave 6. Trough = low point of the way 7. Amplitude = the maximum distance the particles of the medium carrying the way move away from their resting positions. ( How far a wave goes above or below the medium's resting position.) 8. Wavelength = the distance between two corresponding parts of a wave 9. Frequency = # of complete ways to pass a given point in a certain amount of time. 10. Hertz = unit of frequency equaling the number of waves in a second 11. Electromagnetic Spectrum = the complete range of electromagnetic waves placed in order of increasing frequency 12. Visible light = electromagnetic waves that you can see 13. The colors in a rainbow are the visible wavelengths/frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum