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a Greek mathematician and philosopher who believed that beams of light were made up of tiny particles

Albert Michelson

an American physicist who discovered the speed of light (3.0X108 m/s)

Galileo Galilei

was the first person to try to measure the speed of light and he also made his own lenses which he used to build a telescope to magnify objects in space

a disturbance or movement that transfers energy through matter or space

the highest point if the wave

the lowest point of the wave

the distance from one wave crest to another

is the number of repetitive motions, or oscillations, that occur in a given time

a form of energy that can be detected by the human eye

this is the bending or changing direction of a wave as it passes from one material to another