Elasticity– the ability of an object to bounce back to its original shape.

Lenses– a curved piece of material used to bend light

Insulator – a material that does not transfer heat well: air, carpet, wood
Intensity– the amount of energy the wave carries per second per meter squared
Long wavelength : Low Frequency & Low Energy
Transparent: The material transmits light – allows light to pass through it– glass
Density– generally speaking, in material of the same state of matter (solid, liquid or gas) the denser the
medium the slower the sound travels. Sound travels slower in lead than it does in steel
Wavelength– the distance between two corresponding parts of a wave.

Convection – movement that transfers heat by movement of currents within the particles.
Image: a copy of an object formed by reflected or refracted light
resonance– when the frequency of sound matches the natural frequency of an object
Translucent: allows some light to pass through – can’t see image clearly – wax paper, frosted glass.
Chuck Yeager– first man to fly faster than the speed of sound
Transverse Waves: waves that move the medium at right angles to the direction in which the waves are
traveling.

Conduction – heat is transferred from one particle to the next Radiation particle w/out the particles
actually moving or changing place. – Examples include: a metal spoon in hot water gets hot or a pot gets
hot as it sits on an electric stove.
Opaque: a material that reflects or absorbs the light – can’t see through it. -wood

Radiation Zone – transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves. – Examples include: the Sun’s energy
traveling thru space and heating up the Earth w/out heating space itself, Heat lamps used at fast food
restaurants, and the radiator of a car dissipating the heat of an engine
standing waves– the combining of the incoming and reflected wave so that the resultant appears to be standing
still
Thermal energy – TOTAL energy of all of the particles
Law of Reflection: Angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection

Wave– a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place