Unit 11 - Light and Sound Waves

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

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

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

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

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

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

• true

• false

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

• increases.
• decreases.
• stays the same.

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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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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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Which of the following statements BEST describes visible light?

• Light is an electromagnetic wave of a single frequency that makes up a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
• Light is an electromagnetic wave of a single frequency that makes up most of the electromagnetic spectrum.
• Light includes a range of electromagnetic waves that make up a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
• Light includes a range of electromagnetic waves that make up most of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  

Light waves are arranged in the electromagnetic spectrum by

• wavelength and brightness.
• speed and color.
• brightness and color.
• wavelength and frequency.
  

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As the loudness of a sound wave increases, which will also increase?

• amplitude
• frequency
• velocity
• wavelength
  

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