First Semester Review

If the wavelength of a wave increased, what would happen to the frequency?

• decrease

• increase

• stay the same

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Mechanical waves usually travel fastest through:

• solids

• liquids

• gases

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The number of waves that pass somewhere in a second is:

• amplitude

• frequency

• wavelength

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Which are properties of a mechanical wave?

• can be longitudinal or transverse

• can move through space

• must have matter to move

• carries energy

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What are properties of electromagnetic waves?

• carry energy

• can move through space

• can move through matter

• include x-rays

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If the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave is longer, what is true about the energy? 

• Energy is higher.
• Energy is lower. 
• Energy is not dependent on wavelength. 

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Which of the following electromagnetic waves has the highest energy? 

• radio waves
• microwaves
• infrared light
• visible light

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Which of the following electromagnetic waves has the lowest energy?

• infrared light

• visible light

• ultraviolet light

• x-rays

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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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The higher the frequency the ______ the energy. 

• higher
• lower
• neither, stays the same

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