Quiz about electromagnetic waves

Question 1

The higher the frequency the ______ the energy.

Accepted Answer

higher

Answer

lower

Answer

neither, stays the same

Question 2

The lower the frequency the ______ the energy.

Accepted Answer

<p>lower</p>

Answer

<p>higher</p>

Answer

neither, stays the same

Question 3

What do you have at 10^-5?
Wavelength Not Frequency

Accepted Answer

Infrared

Answer

Microwaves

Answer

Radio

Answer

X-Ray

Question 4

What do you have at 10^-2?
Wavelength Not Frequency

Accepted Answer

Microwaves

Answer

Infrared

Answer

Radio

Answer

X-Ray

Question 5

What do you have at 10^-10?
Wavelength Not Frequency

Accepted Answer

X-Ray

Answer

Microwaves

Answer

Infrared

Answer

Radio

Question 6

What do you have at 10^-8?
Wavelength Not Frequency

Accepted Answer

Ultra Violet

Answer

Visible

Answer

Gamma Rays

Answer

X-Ray

Question 7

Which electromagnetic waves have the highest frequencies and the shortest wavelengths?

Accepted Answer

gamma rays

Answer

microwaves

Answer

visible light

Question 8

Which electromagnetic waves are used in ovens and cell phone communications?

Accepted Answer

microwaves

Answer

Infrared rays

Answer

ultraviolet rays

Question 9

Which type of waves are used in broadcasting?

Accepted Answer

radio waves

Answer

infrared rays

Answer

x-rays

Question 10

Electromagnetic waves that help your body produce vitamin D are called?

Accepted Answer

ultraviolet rays

Answer

x-rays

Answer

gamma rays

Question 11

For waves in any medium, as the wavelength decreases, what happens to the frequency?

Accepted Answer

It increases

Answer

It also decrease

Answer

It stays the same

Question 12

How much of the electromagnetic spectrum is made up of visible light?

Accepted Answer

only a small portion

Answer

a very l;arge portion

Answer

about half

Question 13

Which of the following has wavelengths longer than microwaves?

Accepted Answer

Radio waves

Answer

Infrared waves

Answer

Visible light

Question 14

Which electromagnetic waves allow us to diagnose & treat cancer?

Accepted Answer

Gamma rays

Answer

X-rays

Answer

Ultraviolet rays

Question 15

The electromagnetic spectrum includes the complete range of electromagnetic waves placed in order of:

Accepted Answer

increasing frequency

Answer

increasing amplitutde

Answer

increasing wavelength

Question 16

Which of the following has frequencies higher than ultraviolet rays?

Accepted Answer

x-rays

Answer

visible light

Answer

infrared rays

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

x-rays

Answer

gamma rays

Answer

ultraviolet rays

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

X-rays, visible light, radio waves

Answer

gamma rays, microwaves, UV rays

Answer

infrared rays, radio waves, x-rays

Question 19

Which of the following lists the electromagnetic waves in order of decreasing frequency?

Accepted Answer

infrared rays, microwaves, radio waves

Answer

X-rays, microwaves, infrared rays

Answer

UV rays, visible light, x-rays

electromagnetic waves

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