waves

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• How Do Tsunamis Form and Travel Across Oceans?
  A tsunami forms when the seafloor suddenly moves and pushes a whole column of water, sending waves across oceans at jet speed that grow tall only near the coast.
• Why Is the Sky Blue? Rayleigh Scattering Explained
  The sky is blue because air molecules scatter short-wavelength blue light far more than red light — Rayleigh scattering — and the same effect paints sunsets red.
• Electromagnetic Spectrum
  The continuous range of electromagnetic radiation from radio waves to gamma rays, classified by frequency and wavelength.
• Doppler Effect
  The change in the observed frequency of a wave when the source and the observer move relative to each other.