Radiation Unit: Information from the Skies

Multiple Choice

Electromagnetic radiation travels through space in the form of a

• It doesn't travel through space!

• atom.

• particle.

• wave.

Multiple Choice

Radiation is any way in which ___ is transmitted through space from one point to another without the need for any physical connection between the two locations.

• energy

• photons

• particles

• none of the answers are correct

Match

Match the following

• the number of wave crests that pass a given point in 1 second

• length of time taken for one complete cycle

• distance between successive crests

• size of the disturbance

Frequency

Period

Wavelength

Amplitude

• Frequency

• Period

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the equation for speed of wave?

• $$\nu=f\lambda$$  

• $$v=\frac{f}{\lambda}$$  

• $$v=\frac{\lambda}{f}$$  

• $$f=v\lambda$$  

Multiple Choice

Which of the following type of electromagnetic radiation can the human eye detect?

• gamma rays

• infrared

• ultraviolet

• visible light

• X-rays

Multiple Choice

What is transferred in a wave?

• atoms

• energy

• physical matter

• none of the answers are correct

Multiple Choice

A wave ____ a physical object.

• is

• is not

Multiple Select

Which of the following determine the color of a wave of light?

• amplitude

• frequency

• wavelength

• origin

Multiple Choice

Which of the following can travel through space (where there is no medium)?

• sound waves

• water waves

• radiation waves

• transverse waves

Match

Match the following

• negative charge

• positive charge

• neutral

Electron

Proton

Neutron

• Electron

• Proton

• Neutron