Electromagnetic Waves and Visible Light

Electromagnetic waves________________travel through space.

• Never
• Cannot
• Can
• Wish they could

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Select the correct order of waves on the Electromagnetic Spectrum

• 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

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

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

• true
• false

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Cell phones use_____________waves.

• Microwaves
• Gamma
• XRays
• Radio 

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______waves can help sterilize medical equipment by killing bacteria. 

• Infrared
• Visible
• Gamma
• Ultraviolet

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Cancer can be treated with_______________waves.

• Penicillin
• Radio
• Infrared
• Gamma

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_____ have the longest wavelengths and lowest frequencies of all electromagnetic waves.

• microwaves
• radio waves
• gamma rays
• ultraviolet

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Airport security is an example of _________.

• infrared rays
• radio waves
• x-rays
• gamma rays

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Which waves are the type that can give us suntans and sunburns?

• Infrared radiation
• Ultraviolet radiation
• Radio waves
• X-rays

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