Light, Waves and the Electromagnetic Spectrum

What happens to wavelength as the frequency of a wave increases?

• increase

• stays the same

• decreases

• becomes faster

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The human eye is only capable of seeing which electromagnetic wave?

• Infrared Light

• Ultraviolet Light

• Visible Light

• All of the above

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Radio waves, visible light, and x rays are examples of electromagnetic waves that always differ from each other in

• amplitude

• intensity

• temperature

• wavelength

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What wave helps the skin make Vitamin D and helps the body absorb calcium?

• Infrared

• Visible light

• Microwave

• Ultraviolet Rays

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This type of electromagnetic wave has the most energy and therefore can be very dangerous.

• Microwaves

• Radio Waves

• X Rays

• Gamma Rays

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This type of electromagnetic wave can be used to see inside luggage at an airport or in hospitals to see your bones.

• Gamma Rays

• Visible Light

• X Rays

• Infrared Rays

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What is the Order of the Electromagnetic System?

• Red,Yellow,Orange,Green,Blue,Indigo,Violet

• Red,Orange,Yellow,Green,Blue,Indigo,Violet

• Violet,Indigo,Green,Blue,Red,Orange,Yellow

• Violet,Blue,Red,Orange,yellow,green,Indigo

What is the Electromagnetic Spectrum?

• A Group of Energy Waves That are Visible to the human Eye.

• The name Given to a Group of Waves that mostly are Invisible and can travel through empty Or outer Space.

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Visible Light?

• Human Eyes Can't Detect and Have Higher Frequency than Infrared.

• Human Eyes Can detect and are Have a Higher frequency than Infrared.

• Human Eyes Can't Detect and Have lower Frequency than Infrared

• Human Can detect and have higher Frequency than Radio waves.

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Longest wavelength=______

• Red

• Purple

• Violet

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