https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt Tayjah Cooper en-us 2016-12-19 18:12:38 UTC 2025-12-30 12:58:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Planets.png 1931040 https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144363788 A disturbance that travels through space and matter transferring energy from one place to another.]]> 2016-12-19 18:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144363788 1931040 https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144364450 Mechanical Waves are waves that require a medium.]]> 2016-12-19 18:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144364450 1931040 https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144364644 Transverse waves are waves where the disturbance moves perpendicular to the direction of the wave.]]> 2016-12-19 18:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144364644 1931040 https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144364852 Longitudinal waves are waves where the disturbance moves in the same direction as the wave.

]]> 2016-12-19 18:22:05 UTC https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144364852 1931040 https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144365010 Light is measured by its wavelength, one wavelength equals the distance between two successive wave crest or troughs]]> 2016-12-19 18:22:48 UTC https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144365010 1931040 https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144365551 In physics, Frequency is the number of crests of a wave that move past a given point in a given unit of time. The most common unit of frequency is the hertz.]]> 2016-12-19 18:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144365551 1931040 https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144366093 Radio waves are a type of electromagnetic radiation with wavelength in the electromagnetic spectrum longer than infrared light.]]> 2016-12-19 18:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144366093 1931040 https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144366605 Microwaves are shorter than radio waves with wavelengths measured in centimeters.


]]> 2016-12-19 18:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144366605 1931040 https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144366837 Between microwaves and visible light are infrared waves. Infrared waves are sometimes classified as "near" infrared and "far" infrared.




]]> 2016-12-19 18:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144366837 1931040 https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144367032 The visible light spectrum covers the wavelengths that can be seen by the human eye

]]> 2016-12-19 18:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144367032 1931040 https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144367228 Ultraviolet waves have the next shortest wavelength after visible light.

]]> 2016-12-19 18:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144367228 1931040 https://padlet.com/1931040/omn0ycx2g6pt/wish/144367506 X-rays have even shorter wavelengths than ultraviolet rays.


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