EMS, Sound and Light wave Behavior

What does light travel fastest in?

• solid

• liqid

• gas

• vacuum

What does light travel slower in?

• solid

• liquid

• Vacuum

• Gas

When scientists talk about white light, they areMOST likely referring to light that is

• a combination of all of the colors in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
• the unabsorbed refracted light produced by a black light.
• the narrow band corresponding to white light in the electromagnetic spectrum.
• a combination of all the types of electromagnetic radiation.
  

Visible light is which type of wave?

• seismic
• mechanical
• longitudinal
• electromagnetic

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Which statement best defines a wave medium?

• the material through which a wave travels
• a point halfway between the crest and trough
• the distance from one wave crest to the next
• the speed at which waves travel in water

Sound has to travel through a 

• crest
• medium
• frequency
• box

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Sound waves have the best quality when traveling through a ___.

• solid
• liquid
• gas
• tornado

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Which statement BEST describes the relationship between visible light and the electromagnetic spectrum?

• Visible light and the electromagnetic spectrum are different names for the same phenomenon.
• Visible light occupies about half of the electromagnetic spectrum.
• Visible light is a narrow band in the electromagnetic spectrum.
• Visible light and the electromagnetic spectrum have a small area of overlap.
  

Which of these colors of visible light has the shortest wavelength?

• red
• green
• violet
• yellow

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NGSS.4-PS4-1

An echo is a sound wave that has been

• absorbed.
• refracted.
• scattered.
• reflected

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