Waves Lesson

Waves Lesson

By Deborah McDaniel

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Which part of a longitudinal wave is where particles are packed closely together?

• compression
• rarefaction
• crest 
• amplitude

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This is a transverse wave. Which part of the wave is "B"

• crest/peak

• wavelength

• trough

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What type of waves have compressions and rarefactions?

• longitudinal
• transverse

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Look at this wave. "A" is which part of a wave?

• Crest/Peak

• Wave Speed

• Resting Point

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• Longitdinal Wave
• Transverse Wave

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All waves carry

• energy
• light 
• matter
• particles

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The highest point on a wave is:

• the crest
• the trough
• the top
• the coast 

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The lowest point on a wave is the:

• Amplitude
• Crest
• Trough
• Wavelength

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Sound is caused by? 

• force
• vibrations
• instruments
• medium

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Sound is a form of? 

• energy
• pitch
• volume
• matter

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• B is called rarefaction
• B is called compression
• B is called the crest

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Light is an example of which type of wave?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

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A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place

• Energy
• Wave
• Force
• Motion

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It is the high pressure part of the wave where the particles are close together. It is part A on this picture.

• Compression

• Amplituide

• Rarefaction

• Wavelength

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Waves that move the medium at right angels to the direction in which the wave travel

• Longitudinal Waves
• Compressional Waves
• Transverse Waves

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Which type of wave is pictured here?

• Longitudinal
• Transverse
• Light 
• Electromagnetic

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Which type of wave moves parallel to the direction of the wave?

• transverse

• longitudinal

• surface

• electromagnetic

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• A is compression
• A is the trough
• A is the rarefraction

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Which is an example of a longitudinal wave?

• light wave
• sound wave
• visible wave
• radio wave

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How many waves pass through a fixed point every second, or how often a wave occurs is the wave's __________________

• amplitude

• frequency
• wavelength
• wave speed

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The distance from resting point to the top of a crest or the bottom of a trough of a wave (height of the wave) is the _____________________

• wave speed

• frequency
• amplitude
• wavelength

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Which is an example of a medium that waves can travel though?

• Water
• Energy
• Heat
• A stadium

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The distance between 2 corresponding parts of a wave  (example- crest to crest) is the _____________________

• wave speed

• frequency
• amplitude
• wavelength

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As the frequency of a wave increases, the __________________ decreases.

• amplitude
• number of waves

• wavelength
• energy

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What number represents the wavelength?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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Increasing the amplitude means you are increasing the _______________ of a wave.

• frequency

• speed

• energy

• wavelength

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What number represents the amplitude?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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What medium does sound travel through slowest?

• gas
• solid
• liquid
• trees

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When the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to the energy of the wave?

• The energy is not directly affected by the frequency of a wave.

• The energy increases.

• The energy decreases.

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How many waves pass through a fixed point every second, or how often a wave occurs is the wave's __________________

• amplitude

• frequency
• wavelength
• wave speed

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Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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The distance between 2 corresponding parts of a wave  (example- crest to crest) is the _____________________

• wave speed

• frequency
• amplitude
• wavelength

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Increasing the amplitude means you are increasing the _______________ of a wave.

• frequency

• speed

• energy

• wavelength

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Which wave in the diagram has the highest energy?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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As the frequency of a wave increases, the __________________ decreases.

• amplitude
• number of waves

• wavelength
• energy

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The distance from resting point to the top of a crest or the bottom of a trough of a wave (height of the wave) is the _____________________

• wave speed

• frequency
• amplitude
• wavelength

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The greater the frequency, the ________ energy carried by the wave.

• more

• less

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What number represents the wavelength?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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When the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to the energy of the wave?

• The energy is not directly affected by the frequency of a wave.

• The energy increases.

• The energy decreases.

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What number represents the amplitude?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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Which wave has a longer wavelength?

• wave C
• wave D

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Which wave has the most energy?

• top wave
• bottom wave

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The bigger the amplitude, the ________ energy carried by the wave.

• more

• less

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Which wave in the diagram has the highest energy?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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When wavelength increases, what happens to the frequency?

• it increases
• it decreases
• it stays the same

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If a sound has a high amplitude then it also has a ____________!!!

• fast echo
• slow pitch
• high volume
• low volume

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A student holds two vibrating objects.  Object A is vibrating faster than object B.  Which statement is true?

• A is louder than B
• B is louder than A
• A will have a higher pitch than B
• B will have a higher pitch than A

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If distance C on the diagram increased, what would happen to the pitch? 

• The pitch would be louder. 
• The pitch would be softer. 
• The pitch would be higher. 
• The pitch would be lower. 

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What is the Doppler Effect?

• A change in frequency due to the relative motion of a wave source and an observer

• When a wave overlaps with another wave

• When a wave bounces off of another object

• When a wave bends due to traveling through a different medium

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When a sound is louder what measurement gets bigger?

• Frequency 
• Amplitude 
• Wavelength 
• Crest

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You are standing on the side of the road when a police car races past you with its siren on. After the police car passes you, what happens to the pitch of the siren?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It turns red

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If a sound is very loud, what must be true?

• The frequency of a sound wave is very high
• The intesity of vibration from the sound wave is very low
• The amplitutde of the sound wave is very low
• The intesity of vibration from the sound wave is very high

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A longer string makes a _______ pitch than a short string.

• louder
• softer
• higher
• lower

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The Doppler effect is seen when a wave-making source moves toward an observer. 

• True
• False

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When an ambulance move TOWARD you it sounds ________ pitched. 

• high
• low
• medium

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What does pitch depend on?

• amplitude 
• frequency
• intensity 
• volume of sound

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As a wave travels further from its center, the

• energy of the wave is increased.

• energy of the wave is decreased.

• energy of the wave does not change.

• energy of the wave is doubled.

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What is a pitch?

• highness or lowness of a sound
• the intensity of a vibration
• the amplitude of the sound wave
• volume of sound

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Which material would a mechanical wave (like sound) travel the fastest through?

• A solid (like metal)

• A liquid (like water)

• A gas (like air)

• All mechanical waves travel at the same speed regardless of the medium.

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The high or low pitch of a sound is related to the ___________ of the wave

• decibel
• amplitude
• frequency
• rest position

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Which material would a mechanical wave (like sound) travel the fastest through?

• A solid (like metal)

• A liquid (like water)

• A gas (like air)

• All mechanical waves travel at the same speed regardless of the medium.

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The medium through which a wave travels affects its...

• Wavelength

• Speed

• Amplitude

• Resting point

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How loud or soft a sound is, is related to the _____________ of the wave

• amplitude
• frequency
• wave length
• rest position

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Definition: when a wave reaches the interface between two different media, typically some of the wave will bounce back into the original medium.

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Polarization

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You can't hear sounds in outer space because there is no

• medium

• light

• energy

• heat

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Why is there no sound in space?

• There is no material (medium) for the energy to travel through.

• The molecules in space are too small.

• Sound needs the correct temperature to travel through.

• Sound only travels through solid material.

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True or false: as you move along the spectrum, radio to gamma waves, the wavelengths decrease in size (get smaller)

• true
• false

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A wave with a large wavelength will have a ______ frequency and _____ energy

• high, low
• high, high
• low, high
• low, low

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Select the correct order of waves on the EMS from the longest wavelength to the shortest wavelength

• Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma
• Gamma, X-ray, Ultra, Vis, Infra, Micro, Radio
• Vis, Micro, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma, Radio
• Micro, Radio, Vis, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma

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Which has the LONGEST wavelength and, therefore, the lowest frequency/energy

• Gamma Rays
• Radio Waves
• Visible Light
• Infrared rays

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Which has the SHORTEST wavelength and, therefore, the highest frequency/most energy

• Radio waves
• Ultraviolet Rays
• Gamma Rays
• X-rays

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Which section of the spectrum is the ONLY one we can see?

• X-rays
• Visible Light
• Gamma Rays
• Ultraviolet Rays

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Which section of the spectrum is the ONLY one we can see?

• X-rays
• Visible Light
• Gamma Rays
• Ultraviolet Rays

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How are electromagnetic waves different from other waves? 

• They have very short wavelengths 
• They transmit energy instead of matter 
• They can travel through empty space
• They can change direction by reflection 

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Which of the following electromagnetic waves has the lowest energy?

• gamma ray
• infrared wave
• visible light wave
• microwave

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As the frequency of an electromagnetic wave increases, the amount of energy in that wave...

• increases.
• decreases.
• stays the same.

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High frequency waves have _________ wavelengths.

• varying
• long
• the same
• short

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How much of the electromagnetic spectrum is visible?

• All of it
• None of it
• Most of it
• Only a small part

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The height of the wave from the rest position is known as the _____________.

• amplitude
• crest
• trough
• wavelength

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The distance between two crests or two troughs of a wave is called:

• frequency
• amplitud
• wavelength
• hertz

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Which electromagnetic waves help doctors detect broken bones inside your body?

• gamma rays
• x-rays
• ultraviolet rays

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Which of the following lists the electromagnetic waves in order of increasing wavelength?

• X-rays, visible light, radio waves
• gamma rays, microwaves, UV rays
• infrared rays, radio waves, x-rays

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What is the Order of the visible portion of the Electromagnetic System?

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

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

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

• Violet,Blue,Red,Orange,yellow,green,Indigo

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Longest Wavelengths and Lowest Frequencies?

• Visible Light

• Microwaves

• X-Rays

• Radio Waves

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Shortest Wavelength and a Higher Frequency on the Electromagnetic System?

• X-rays

• Infrared

• Visible Lights

• Gamma Rays

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Which color has the longest wavelength?

• Red

• Orange

• Yellow

• Blue

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Which electromagnetic waves allow us to diagnose & treat cancer?

• Gamma rays
• X-rays
• Ultraviolet rays

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Which of the following has wavelengths longer than microwaves?

• Infrared waves
• Radio waves
• Visible light

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Which of the following has frequencies higher than ultraviolet rays?

• visible light
• infrared rays
• x-rays

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Which of the following lists the electromagnetic waves in order of increasing wavelength?

• X-rays, visible light, radio waves
• gamma rays, microwaves, UV rays
• infrared rays, radio waves, x-rays

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If the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave is longer, what is true about the energy? 

• Energy is higher.
• Energy is lower. 
• Energy is not dependent on wavelength. 

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Which part of the electromagnetic spectrum has high enough energy to cause damage to eyes and skin, and sometimes even cancer? 

• infrared light
• visible light
• ultraviolet light
• microwaves

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Which of the following electromagnetic waves has the highest energy? 

• radio waves
• microwaves
• infrared light
• visible light

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Which of the following electromagnetic waves is given off as heat? 

• ultraviolet light
• x-rays
• gamma rays
• infrared rays

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EM waves are always____________

• Transverse
• Compression
• Longitudinal
• Seismic

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Cell phones use_____________waves.

• Microwaves
• Gamma
• XRays
• Radio 

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Infrared waves are used in__________________.

• Bath tubs
• Microwaves
• Remote Controls
• Tanning

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_____________________light is the only type of EM wave detected by the human eye.

• Red
• Gamma
• Microwave
• Visible

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Nuclear weapons are examples of __________. 

• x-rays
• ultraviolet rays
• gamma rays
• infrared rays

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The higher the frequency the ______ the energy. 

• higher
• lower
• neither, stays the same

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________ is an EM wave that has the LEAST energy.

• radio
• gamma rays
• microwaves
• visible light

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It is the bending of light rays as it travels from one medium to another medium of different densities?

• a. Reflection

• b. Refraction

• c.Dispersion

• d. Diffusion

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The principle behind the appearance of a rainbow in the sky?

• a. Diffusion

• b.Dispersion

• c.Reflection

• d. Refraction

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Which color in the visible light has the highest frequency and the most energy?

• a.Violet

• b. Red

• c. Blue

• D. indigo

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Which color in the visible light has the lowest frequency and the least energy?

• a. Red

• b. Violet

• c. Blue

• d. Orange

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Things in our sorrounding appear to be colored because the material________ that color of light?

• a.Reflects

• b. Refracts

• c. Disperses

• d. Diffuses

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A straight glass rod appears to bend when placed in a beaker of water. What is the best explanation for this phenomenon?

• a.The water is warmer than the air

• b.Light travels faster in water than in air

• c.Light is reflected at the air-water interface

• d.Light is refracted as it crosses at the air- water interface

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A straight glass rod appears to bend when placed in a beaker of water. What is the best explanation for this phenomenon?

• a.The water is warmer than the air

• b.Light travels faster in water than in air

• c.Light is reflected at the air-water interface

• d.Light is refracted as it crosses at the air- water interface

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The visible light is composed of several spectral of colors with different frequencies and wavelength. What is the correct order of arrangement of these colors?

• a. VIGBYOR

• b. ROYGVIB

• C. ROYGBIV

• d.ROYBGIV

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Light travels

• around corners

• in a straight line (transverse waves)

• in loops, like a slinky (longitudinal waves)

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Light bounces when it strikes a smooth and/or lustrous surface

• reflected

• absorbed

• refracted

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Light bends when it is

• reflected

• absorbed

• refracted

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Can be used to send communications, videos, and music short range (local areas) or long range (to space)

• Infrared

• Radio

• Microwaves

• Ultraviolet (UV)

• X-Rays

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Sunlight, tanning beds, plant lights

• Infrared

• Radio

• Microwaves

• Ultraviolet (UV)

• X-Rays

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Used to cook with

• Infrared

• Radio

• Microwaves

• Ultraviolet (UV)

• X-Rays

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Which of these types of light have the highest energy?

• Red

• Yellow

• Blue

• Violet

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What is visible light composed of?

• ROYGBIV
• White Light
• Rainbow
• Light that's visible

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True or False: EM waves are the only waves that can travel through empty space.

• False
• True
• Not This One
• Maybe This One

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We can see this calculator as white because it contains no pigments and

• Reflects all colours

• Reflects no colours

• Absorbs all colours

• Absorbs no colours

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Which colour light is being reflected?

• Magenta

• Red + Blue

• Orange

• All colours except for orange

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The brightness of light is most closely associated with its

• speed

• frequency

• amplitude

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The color of light is most closely associated with its

• speed

• frequency

• amplitude

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The colors of the rainbow are ROYGBIV. Of the colors listed, which moves the fastest in a vacuum?

• blue

• green

• yellow

• red

• Nonsense. They all move at the same speed.

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Light bounces when it is 

• reflected
• absorbed
• refracted

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Light bends when it is 

• refracted
• reflected
• absorbed

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All of the following are sources of light except...

• the sun
• a light bulb
• fire
• the moon

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This is an example of?

• fog

• Reflection

• Refraction

• translucent

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A straw sitting in a glass of water looks broken because light travels more slowly through the water than air. This is an example of ____________.

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorbing

• Transmitting

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What is the name of the object in the picture. Hint: it forms a rainbow

• lens

• telescope

• prism

• mirror

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When light is _____________, it bounces back from a surface.

• reflected

• refracted

• absorbed

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Stan can see the moon at night because the moon

• glows in the dark

• reflects light from the sun

• is very large

• makes its own light

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Light refracts when:

• It changes speed

• It changes from a particle to a wave

• Its density changes

• It encounters a solid object

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Why does white light from the sun form a colorful rainbow when it passes through water droplets in the atmosphere?

• The droplets of water in the air have different densities

• Different-sized water droplets refract white light at different angles

• The colors that make up white light refract at different angles

• White light diffracts when it encounters water

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Which of the following is the best example of diffraction?

• Your voice echoing back when you shout into a canyon

• A straw appearing to bend when you place it in a glass of water

• A prism breaking a beam of light into its component colors

• The music on your stereo getting louder when you turn up the volume

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A tuning fork starts to vibrate when a certain note is played on the piano, This is an example of _______.

• resonance
• refraction
• diffraction
• reflection

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This is an example of which type of wave behavior?

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Diffraction
• Interference

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When standing in the sun this behavior allows you to warm up as light and other waves hit your clothes. 

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Absorption
• Transmission

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An example of this is an echo

• refraction
• reflection
• transmission
• absorption

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This illustration best depicts which of the following behaviors?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Resonance

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A rough surface reflects sound better than a smooth surface.

• True

• False