Quiz about Electromagnetic Waves

Question 1

On the electromagnetic spectrum which electromagnetic wave has the highest frequency

Accepted Answer

Gamma Ray

Answer

Ultraviolet light

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X-Ray

Answer

Microwave

Question 2

Which electromagnetic wave has the second highest frequency on the electromagnetic spectrum?

Accepted Answer

X-Ray

Answer

Gamma Ray

Answer

Microwave

Answer

Ultraviolet

Question 3

What is the third highest electromagnetic wave on the electromagnetic spectrum?

Accepted Answer

Ultraviolet

Answer

Gamma Ray

Answer

X-Ray

Answer

Visible Light

Question 4

What is the fourth highest electromagnetic wave on the electromagnetic spectrum?

Accepted Answer

Visible Light

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Microwave

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Ultraviolet

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Infrared

Question 5

What is the fourth lowest electromagnetic wave on the electromagnetic spectrum?

Accepted Answer

Infrared

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Microwave

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Ultraviolet

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Visible light

Question 6

Which type of electromagnetic radiation is important to Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, weather forecasting and cellphone communication?

Accepted Answer

Microwaves

Answer

X ray

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Gamma

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Infrared

Question 7

What is the third lowest electromagnetic wave on the electromagnetic spectrum?

Accepted Answer

Microwave

Answer

Visible Light

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Radio Waves

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Infrared

Question 8

What is a photon?

Accepted Answer

An elementary particle that oscillates to produce different types of electromagnetic waves

Answer

An element

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A compound

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An oscillating atom in matter that helps a wave propagate through a medium

Question 9

Why does an object appear black?

Accepted Answer

It absorbs all the color of light

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It reflects all the color of light

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It reflects the darkest colors of visible light (blue and violet)

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It absorbs the darkest colors of visible light (blue and violet)

Question 10

What is the second lowest electromagnetic wave on the electromagnetic spectrum?

Accepted Answer

Radio

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Visible Light

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Microwaves

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Long Radio

Question 11

How is the energy associated with an electromagnetic wave related to the frequency of the wave?

Accepted Answer

As the frequency increases, the energy of the wave increases

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As the frequency increases, the energy of the wave decreases

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The energy of an electromagnetic wave is not related to its frequency

Question 12

Which of the following statements does NOT correctly describe light and sound waves?

Accepted Answer

The energy of light and sound waves is related to the amplitude of the wave.

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Light waves can travel in a vacuum but sound waves cannot travel in a vacuum.

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Light waves are faster than sound waves.

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Light waves are electromagnetic waves and sound waves are mechanical waves.

Question 13

What is the lowest electromagnetic wave on the electromagnetic spectrum?

Accepted Answer

Long Radio

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Radio

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Visible Light

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Microwave

Question 14

What type of lens causes light waves to spread out or diverge?

Accepted Answer

concave lens

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convex lens

Question 15

What type of lens helps magnify an image, making it appear larger?

Accepted Answer

Convex Lens

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Concave lens

Question 16

Which waves cause cataracts and skin cancer from overexposure to the sun?

Accepted Answer

Ultraviolet Light

Answer

Microwave

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X-Ray

Answer

Gamma Ray

Question 17

Which type of electromagnetic radiation is considered the most dangerous?

Accepted Answer

Gamma Ray

Answer

Infrared

Answer

X-Ray

Answer

Ultraviolet

Question 18

The lens of your eye is an example of:

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A convex lens

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A concave lens

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A polarizing lens

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A mirrored surface

Question 19

1. Which type of electromagnetic radiation is produced by radioactive substances undergoing radioactive decay?

Accepted Answer

Gamma Ray

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X-Ray

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Infrared

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Ultraviolet

Question 20

The speed of the wave depends on the energy carried by the wave.

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 21

1. Which type of electromagnetic radiation is most often associated with thermal energy?

Accepted Answer

Infrared

Answer

Microwave

Answer

Ultraviolet

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Gamma Ray

Question 22

How are lenses important or useful?

Accepted Answer

D. Both a and b

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A. They can make an image appear bigger

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B. They can make an image appear smaller

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C. They can change the color that an object appears

Question 23

What light behavior is important to mirrors and producing an identical but backwards image of an object?

Accepted Answer

Reflection

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Refraction

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Diffraction

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Interference

Question 24

What light behavior describes the bending of light as it moves from one medium into a different medium?

Accepted Answer

Refraction

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Reflection

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Diffraction

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Interference

Question 25

Why does white light that passes through a prism separate into a spectrum of colors?

Accepted Answer

The light refracts as it passes through the prism, separating into different colors

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The light reflects off the prism into different colors

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The light diffracts as it passes through the prism, separating into different colors

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Interference causes light to separate into different colors as it passes through the prism

Question 26

How is infrared light emitted by the sun important to life on Earth?

Accepted Answer

It warms Earth

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It produces the light we need to see on Earth

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It helps many animals, including some birds and insects, navigate

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It helps cool Earth

Question 27

What type of matter allows all light to pass through it?

Accepted Answer

A transparent material

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A translucent material

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An opaque material

Question 28

What type of material blocks light and produces a shadow?

Accepted Answer

A opaque material

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A transparent material

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A translucent material

Question 29

The frequency of the produced wave is inversely proportional to the period

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 30

A piece of paper is considered to be:

Accepted Answer

A translucent material

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A transparent material

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An opaque material

Question 31

Which statement below correctly describes the speed of light?

Accepted Answer

Nothing in the universe can travel faster than the speed of light

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The speed of light is slower than the speed of sound

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The speed of light is relatively slow compared to how objects travel in the universe

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The speed of light is fast, but not faster than a fighter jet

Question 32

What is a light year?

Accepted Answer

The distance light travels in one year

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The time it takes light to travel 1 trillion miles

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The average speed of light over one year

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A way of comparing the speed of light to the speed of sound

Question 33

As frequency increases, the wavelength______________.

Accepted Answer

decreases

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increases

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stays the same

Question 34

If the wavelength increases the frequency of the wave will increases.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 35

What happens when an object emitting visible light moves towards you?

Accepted Answer

The frequency increases and the light shifts towards the color blue

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The frequency decreases and the light shifts towards the color red

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The frequency increases and the light shifts towards the color red

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The frequency decreases and the light shifts towards the color blue

Question 36

What do we call the process during which light waves are filtered so that they oscillate in the same direction?

Accepted Answer

Polarization

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Constructive Interference

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Destructive Interference

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Reflection

Question 37

What is a wave signal?

Accepted Answer

A wave with a specific pattern that carries information

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The amplitude of a wave

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A sound wave converted into a light wave

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A wave that has been amplified to carry excess energy

Question 38

The energy of the wave depends on the amplitude.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 39

The speed of the wave depends on the wave period.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 40

I know and can label the following: amplitude, frequency, crest, trough, and equilibrium point on the chart in my review.

Accepted Answer

Yes

Answer

Not yet

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