| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Refraction | the waves can be bent |
| Reflection | the waves can bounce back |
| Scattered | the waves are reflected or refracted in various directions |
| Absorption | the waves are taken into the material |
| Electromagnetic Spectrum | a form of energy that can travel through empty space, visible light is one form, x-rays and gamma-rays are other forms, everything in the world emits this type of energy |
| Transverse Waves | all forms of Electromagnetic Energy travel in these type of waves |
| Speed of Light | all forms of Electromagnetic Energy travel at the speed of ......, 300,000,000 kilometers per second |
| Continuous Spectrum | an unbroken band of colors emitted by a glowing solid or glowing liquid, or the hot core of a star |
| Bright Line or Emission Spectrum | a spectrum produced by exciting a chemical element, each element has its own unique of this type of spectrum |
| Absorption Spectra | Produced when a continuous spectrum passes through a cool gas |
| Visible Light Spectrum | violet is short and strong, read is long an weak |
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