Waves Test

This wave has the second highest frequency on the spectrum. 

• microwaves
• visible light
• x-rays
• gamma ray

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

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

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

Which color has the longest wavelength?

• Blue
• Violet
• Orange
• Red

During a space walk, an astronaut lets go of a tool, causing it to float away and bounce off the ship.  Why does the astronaut see but NOT hear it?

• light travels through a vacuum but sound does not
• light waves cannot travel through a vacuum but sound waves do
• neither sound nor light can travel through a vacuum

What do you get if you combine all of the colors in visible light?

• bright light
• white light
• brilliant light
• neon light

Through what kind of matter does light move fastest?

• liquids
• air
• matter that is lighter in color
• matter that is in larger objects 

Different wavelengths of light are seen as 

• atoms
• colors
• speeds
• sounds

Which is the lowest point of a transverse wave?

• Amplitude
• Crest
• Period
• Trough

The maximum distance the wave moves from rest position is called

• height
• length
• wavelength
• amplitude