This document provides an overview of key concepts about waves including: - The definition of a wave as a vibration or disturbance that transfers energy - Key wave properties like period, frequency, amplitude, wavelength - The difference between transverse and longitudinal waves - How speed, frequency, and wavelength are related - Examples of waves including sound waves and light waves

1. WAVES Chapter 10

9. Parts of a wave

28. SOUND NOTES

41. LIGHT

57. Visible Light

60. What color light is refracted the most?

63. I

67. Light & Optics

68. How do I see Light?

71. Reflection

73. The Law of Reflection

80. Think about roads…

81. Look at the curved mirrors. What do you observe about the reflection?

84. Sound waves that hit this would all go to the microphone.

85. What color light is in the middle?

92. Refraction explains how lenses work:

98. How do we see colors?

101. The Sun gives off "white" light, a mixture of all the colors in the spectrum. The object looks WHITE because an equal mixture of RED, BLUE, and GREEN light is reflected off the object and interpreted by our eyes and brain as WHITE.

102. You can use a FILTER to absorb a color of light.

103. Your TV works using little pixels that look like this: Any color can be made from a combination of these three colors of light.

104. When colors of pigment, (or paint) combine:

107. A F E D C B

112. Sometimes, your eyes play tricks on you!

114. Which guy is the tallest?

116. How many shelves are here?

118. Are these bricks in straight rows?

119. Look at the center and move closer to the screen!

127. Are the long lines parallel?

128. Look at the center & move your head.

129. Are the purple lines parallel?

130. Curved or straight?

139. X