The Electromagnetic Spectrum

The distance between two crests or two troughs of a wave is called:

• frequency
• amplitud
• wavelength
• hertz

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What can scientists learn about stars by looking at the electromagnetic radiation they give off?

• it's name

• it's chemical composition (what gases are in it)

• it's distance from Earth

• it's distance from the Sun

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What type of wave has the longest Wavelengths and Lowest Frequencies?

• Visible Light

• Microwaves

• X-Rays

• Radio Waves

What is the order Of the Electromagnetic System from longest wavelength to shortest?

• Microwaves-Gamma-Visible-Ultraviolet-X Ray-Infrared-Radio

• Radio-Microwave-Infrared-Visible-Ultraviolet-X Ray-Gamma

• Infrared-Visible-Microwave-Radio-Ultraviolet-X Ray-Gamma

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What is the Electromagnetic Spectrum?

• A group of energy waves that are visible to the human eye that cannot travel through space.

• The name given to a group of waves that mostly are Invisible and can travel through outer space.

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What does a wave carry from place to place?

• energy

• matter

• people

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The number of crests that move past a point in a given unit of time ie: 100 per second

• amplitude

• crest

• wavelength

• frequence

A ___ is is a device used in astronomy to break down light like a prism.

• telescope

• spectroscope

• stethoscope

• microscope

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This type of telescope receives radio waves emitted from objects in space to produce images.

• reflector telescope

• refractor telescope

• radio telescope

• spectroscope

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What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"

• amplitude
• crest
• trough
• wavelength

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