Electromagnetic Waves

The higher the frequency the ______ the energy. 

• higher
• lower
• neither, stays the same

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The lower the frequency the ______ the energy.

• higher

• lower

• neither, stays the same

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

What do you have at 10^3?
Wavelength Not Frequency

• Microwaves
• Infrared
• Radio
• X-Ray

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

What do you have at 10^-5?
Wavelength Not Frequency

• Microwaves
• Infrared
• Radio
• X-Ray

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

What do you have at 10^-2?
Wavelength Not Frequency

• Microwaves
• Infrared
• Radio
• X-Ray

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

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

• microwaves
• visible light
• gamma rays

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Which electromagnetic waves are used in ovens and cell phone communications?

• Infrared rays
• ultraviolet rays
• microwaves

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NGSS.HS-PS4-5

Which type of waves are used in broadcasting?

• radio waves
• infrared rays
• x-rays

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

For waves in any medium, as the wavelength decreases, what happens to the frequency?

• It also decrease
• It stays the same
• It increases

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

How much of the electromagnetic spectrum is made up of visible light?

• only a small portion
• a very l;arge portion
• about half

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1