Electromagnetic Spectrum

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

• It also decrease

• It stays the same

• It increases

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

• only a small portion

• a very l;arge portion

• about half

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

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Which has the LONGEST wavelength and, therefore, the lowest frequency/energy

• Gamma Rays

• Radio Waves

• Visible Light

• Infrared rays

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Which has the SHORTEST wavelength and, therefore, the highest frequency/most energy

• Radio waves

• Ultraviolet Rays

• Gamma Rays

• X-rays

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High frequency waves have _________ wavelengths.

• varying

• long

• the same

• short

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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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What is the correct order of the visible light spectrum starting with the longer wavelength?

• Red, yellow, orange, blue, violet, indigo

• Violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red

• Green, yellow, blue, indigo, red, orange

• Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet

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Which color has the longest wavelength?

• Yellow

• Red

• Green

• Purple

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