Electromagnetic Spectrum

The name for the range of electromagnetic waves placed in order of increasing frequency is...

• Electromagnetic Spectrum

• Electromagnesis

• Visible light spectrum

• The range of light

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As frequency increases on the electromagnetic spectrum, what happens to the wavelength?

• It stays the same

• It decreases

• It increases

• It doubles

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Which of the following is not in the electromagnetic spectrum?

• Light waves

• Sound waves

• Radio Waves

• X-rays

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The higher the frequency the ______ the energy. 

• higher
• lower
• neither, stays the same

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Which type of wave can travel through empty space?

• Electromagnetic

• Mechanical

Electromagnetic waves with the longest wavelengths and lowest frequencies are ________ waves.

• radio

• gamma

• micro

• X-ray

__________ have shorter wavelengths and higher frequencies than radio waves do.

• Microwaves

• Ocean waves

• P-waves

• S-waves

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Electromagnetic waves that you can see are called ________.

• electromagnetic spectrum

• visible light waves

• infrared rays

• UV light

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Electromagnetic waves with wavelengths just shorter than those of visible light are called ____________.

• gamma rays

• X-rays

• infrared

• ultraviolet rays

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Electromagnetic waves with wavelengths just shorter than those of ultraviolet rays are ________.

• X-rays

• gamma rays

• visible light

• microwaves

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