Waves 2: Review

Which type of electromagnetic radiation produces the heat we can feel coming from the toaster?

• Radio waves
• Infrared waves
• X-rays
• Gamma rays

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Which type of electromagnetic radiation is the reason we need sunglasses and sunscreen to avoid getting a sunburn?

• X-rays
• Gamma Rays
• Ultraviolet waves
• Infrared waves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which of the following is NOT true?

• Radio waves have lowest frequency
• Ultraviolet waves have highest energy
• Gamma waves have highest frequency
• Radio waves have longest wavelengths

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

What can you see in a room that has no visible light?

• Only bright colored objects
• Only dark colored objects
• Only white objects
• Nothing at all

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What property of light makes this pencil appear to be bent or broken?

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Diffraction
• Absorption

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

True or false: as you move along the spectrum, radio to gamma waves, the wavelengths decrease in size (get smaller)

• true
• false

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

A wave with a large wavelength will have a ______ frequency and _____ energy

• high, low
• high, high
• low, high
• low, low

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Select the correct order of waves on the EMS from the longest wavelength to the shortest wavelength

• Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma
• Gamma, X-ray, Ultra, Vis, Infra, Micro, Radio
• Vis, Micro, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma, Radio
• Micro, Radio, Vis, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Which has the LONGEST wavelength and, therefore, the lowest frequency/energy

• Gamma Rays
• Radio Waves
• Visible Light
• Infrared rays

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Which has the SHORTEST wavelength and, therefore, the highest frequency/most energy

• Radio waves
• Ultraviolet Rays
• Gamma Rays
• X-rays

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1