Electromagnetic and Sound Waves

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

• Gamma Rays

• Ultraviolet

• Visible Light

• Infrared rays

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Which of the following electromagnetic waves has the lowest frequency?

• gamma ray

• infrared wave

• visible light wave

• microwave

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NGSS.HS-PS4-4

Wavelength and Frequency are related in that...

• they are always the same

• when one increases, the other decreases (inversely proportional)

• there is no correlation

• they both vary in an irregular pattern

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Put the visible light colors in order from SHORTEST wavelength (highest frequency) to longest wavelength (lowest frequency)

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

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

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

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Sound waves travel as __________ waves.

• transverse

• electromagnetic

• longitudinal

• surface

Sound is made when a source of energy forces the matter to _________.

• shake

• vibrate

• move

• stay still

A back-and-forth motion causing particles to move close together generates a _________.

• rarefaction

• surface wave

• transverse wave

• compression

A rarefaction is generated when particles move _______.

• together

• apart

• closer

• under

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Sound waves cannot travel through _________.

• paper

• milk

• hydrogen

• empty space

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The amount of energy a sound wave carries per second through a unit of area is its ______________.

• pitch

• intensity

• loudness

• frequency