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Waves and Optics

11th Grade · Science · Easy · about 10 minutes

HS-PS4-3 | Waves and Optics - Easy level

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Standards referenced

• HS-PS4-1 — Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various m
• HS-PS4-2 — Evaluate questions about the advantages of using digital transmission and storage of information.
• HS-PS4-3 — Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning behind the idea that electromagnetic radiation can be described either by a wave model or a particle mode
• HS-PS4-5 — Communicate technical information about how some technological devices use the principles of wave behavior and wave interactions with matter to transm

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