Vocabulary

1.wavelength-is the distance from the crest of one wave to the crest of the next.


2.amplitude-a waves amplitude is its height.


3. convection- convection is the transfer of heat within a gas of liquid by the movement of warmer particles.


4.radiation- radiation is the movement of energy in vacuum.

5.vacuum-the absence of matter is called a vacuum

6.refraction- is the bending of light rays when they pass from one material to another

7.conduction-the bumping of the molecules

8.frequency- the number of wave cycles

9.insulatar-a material that does not conduct

10.prism-a triangular shaped object made

11.spectrum- the rainbow like band of color

12.reflection-light bouncing off an object