EM Spectrum (Waves)

EM Spectrum (Waves)

Multiple Choice

Sound travels in which kind of wave?

• Longitudinal waves

• Transverse waves

Multiple Choice

All waves carry ______________.

• Sound

• Light

• Water

• Energy

Multiple Choice

Sound waves can travel through a vacuum because they don't require particles.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What kind of wave is pictured below?

• compressional wave
• transverse wave
• sound wave
• mechanical wave

Multiple Choice

The measurement of the length of a wave from one point of the wave to the next identical part of the wave (for example, top to top or bottom to bottom)

• Crest

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Wavelength

Multiple Choice

Which transverse wave has the highest frequency?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Radio waves have the longest wavelength and smallest frequencies.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

__________ have shorter wavelengths and higher frequencies than radio waves do.

• Microwaves

• Ocean waves

• P-waves

• S-waves

Multiple Choice

Which rays can be felt as heat?

• X-Rays

• Infrared Radiation

• Ultraviolet Radiation

• Microwaves

Multiple Choice

How are we able to see the color white?

• All colors except red are absorbed

• All colors are absorbed

• All colors are reflected

• All colors except red are reflected

Multiple Choice

What type of sun radiation is potentially damaging to the eyes?

• a. Infrared rays

• b. Visible light

• c. Ultraviolet light

Multiple Choice

This type of Electromagnetic wave shows a break in bones.

• gamma ray

• x-ray

• brokenometer

• radio wave

Multiple Choice

Which electromagnetic waves have the highest frequencies and the shortest wavelengths?

• microwaves
• visible light
• gamma rays

Multiple Choice

Put the visible light colors in order from longest wavelength to shortest wavelength

• Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow, Red

• Red, Yellow, Green, Orange, Violet, Blue, Indigo

• Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet