https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg Made with an open mind en-us 2017-11-14 16:37:26 UTC 2025-10-29 10:04:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lovecookie.png 303887 https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg/wish/206822144 the distance between successive crests of a wave, especially points in a sound wave or electromagnetic wave.]]> 2017-11-14 16:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg/wish/206822144 303887 https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg/wish/206822757 the maximum extent of a vibration or oscillation, measured from the position of equilibrium.]]> 2017-11-14 16:43:47 UTC https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg/wish/206822757 303887 https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg/wish/206823977 the rate at which something occurs or is repeated over a particular period of time or in a given sample.

]]> 2017-11-14 16:45:30 UTC https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg/wish/206823977 303887 https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg/wish/206825623 Light spectrum can mean the visible spectrum, the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation which our eyes are sensitive.]]> 2017-11-14 16:47:45 UTC https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg/wish/206825623 303887 https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg/wish/206834838 one of the waves that are propagated by simultaneous periodic variations of electric and magnetic field intensity and that include radio waves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma rays.]]> 2017-11-14 17:01:37 UTC https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg/wish/206834838 303887 https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg/wish/206835759 The distance light can travel in a unit of time through a given substance. Light travels through a vacuum at about 186,000 miles, or 300,000 kilometers, per second. ( See E = mc 2, electromagnetic waves, relativity, and twin paradox.)]]> 2017-11-14 17:03:18 UTC https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg/wish/206835759 303887 https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg/wish/206837292 The speed of sound is the distance travelled per unit time by a sound wave as it propagates through an elastic medium.]]> 2017-11-14 17:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg/wish/206837292 303887 https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg/wish/207470864 a wave vibrating at right angles to the direction of its propagation.

]]> 2017-11-15 22:57:39 UTC https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg/wish/207470864 303887 https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg/wish/207471206 a wave vibrating in the direction of propagation.

]]> 2017-11-15 22:59:31 UTC https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg/wish/207471206 303887 https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg/wish/207471280 A mechanical wave is a wave that is an oscillation of matter, and therefore transfers energy through a medium. While waves can move over long distances, the movement of the medium of transmission, the material ,is limited. Therefore, the oscillating material does not move far from its initial equilibrium position.]]> 2017-11-15 23:00:04 UTC https://padlet.com/303887/9h81u5vcm0xg/wish/207471280