Electromagnetic Spectrum Test

Which electromagnetic waves can humans see?

• visible

• ultraviolet

• x-ray

Which electromagnetic waves have the highest frequencies and the shortest wavelengths? And the most ENERGY?

• microwaves

• visible light

• gamma rays

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Which feature best distinguishes one form of electromagnetic energy from another?

• color

• wavelength

• surface temperature

• distance traveled

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What happens to frequency as energy increases?

• Nothing

• Decreases

• Increases

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Which type of wave has the longest wavelength?

• Radio

• Micro

• Gamma

• Visible

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Which type of wave has the smallest wavelength?

• Radio

• Micro

• Gamma

• Visible

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Light can behave as a stream of moving particles and as moving electromagnetic:

• needles

• nuclear particles

• waves

• magnets

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Energy packed particles in light are called:

• bulbs

• photons

• illuminators

• energizers

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Which picture best represents gamma rays?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Which picture best represents radio waves?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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