Wednesday, 20 August 2014

Keywords - Light and Sound

Light
Luminous - source of light (produces it's own light)
Non-luminous - an object is un-able to produce its own light or just reflect the light.
Ray- the thinnest possible form of light which we can still see.
Beam - collection of rays 

Incidence ray

Reflected ray

angle of incidence

angle of reflection

Normal line

Medium 

refraction

ray of refraction

ray of emergence

angle of refraction

angle of emergence

dense/ density 










Sound

frequency - the number of waves (vibrations) in a second

Hertz (Hz) - measurement of frequency

pitch - high or low pitch - what you hear

loudness - volume of sound measured in decibels (dB)

amplitude - the height of the sound wave showing the loudness

Decibel (dB) - unit of loudness

Wavelength - Distance between matching points on the wave (m)

Longitudinal - Vibration at right angle to direction of travel

Transverse - Vibration parallel to direction of travel


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