Electromagnetic Waves

The shortest wavelength in visible light is______.

• violet
• red
• blue
• yellow

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The higher the frequency of an electromagnetic wave, the ______ energy it trasnfers.

• more

• less

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Which electromagnetic waves have the highest frequencies and the shortest wavelengths?

• microwaves

• visible light

• gamma rays

• radio waves

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Infrared rays have a shorter wavelength than

• Ultraviolet ray.

• X-rays.

• radar waves.

• gamma rays

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The full range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation is called

• visible light.

• radio waves.

• the electromagnetic spectrum.

• invisible radiation.

The waves with the longest wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum are

• Infrared rays.

• radio waves

• gamma rays

• X-rays

The visible light spectrum ranges between

• radar waves and X-rays.

• television waves and infrared rays.

• infrared rays and ultraviolet rays.

• ultraviolet rays and gamma rays.

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Newton’s prism experiments showed that white sunlight is made up of

• the full electromagnetic spectrum.

• only blue light.

• all the colors of the visible spectrum.

• only the longest wavelengths.

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What makes electromagnetic waves different from mechanical waves?

• they can travel without a medium

• they can only travel with a medium

• they are longitudinal

• they carry less energy

A student placed a pencil in a cup of water. The pencil appears broken because light

• always travels in a straight line.

• bends when it passes through water.

• makes the water in the glass evaporate.

• reflects the pencil on the water's surface.

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