Electromagnetic Spectrum Quiz

Which of the following has the least amount of energy?

• UV rays

• The color yellow

• infrared

• Gamma rays

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

• true
• false

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

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

Which of the following electromagnetic waves has the lowest energy?

• gamma ray
• infrared wave
• visible light wave
• microwave

High frequency waves have _________ wavelengths.

• varying
• long
• the same
• short

The distance between two crests or two troughs of a wave is called:

• frequency
• amplitud
• wavelength
• hertz

How much of the electromagnetic spectrum is visible?

• All of it
• None of it
• Most of it
• Only a small part

White light is a combination of

• All of the colors of the rainbow

• All of the different portions of the EM Spectrum

• Nothing, just white light.

• Red and green light only

When the wavelengths in the Electromagnetic Spectrum get shorter, what happens to the frequency of the waves?

• It decreases

• It increases

• It stays the same

• They are unrelated

Which type of wave in the Electromagnetic Spectrum is used by doctors to see if you have a broken bone?

• Infrared Waves

• Gamma Rays

• X-rays

• Ultraviolet waves