Properties of Light |
crests and troughs | the high and low points of a wave, respectively
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speed | how fast a wave moves in a given direction
wavelength ()
| the distance between two consecutive crests or troughs
| frequency (v)
| the number of waves that pass a given point in a given time period
| amplitude
| the "height" of a wave
| energy (E)
| the energy of one photon of light
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