Unit 3 Waves and Light

Sound travels fastest through a

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Vacuum

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Light travels fastest through a

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Vacuum

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Light travels

• In a zig zag pattern

• The same speed through every medium

• In a straight line

• Differently depending on temperature

All the colors of visible light mix combine together to make

• White light

• Black light

• UV light

• Infrared

Which type of electromagnetic radiation has the lowest energy/longest wavelength?

• Gamma

• UV

• Infrared

• Radio

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Which type of electromagnetic radiation has the highest energy/shortest wavelength

• X ray

• Microwave

• Radio

• Gamma

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Electrogmagnetic Radiation is organized on the spectrum based on

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Color

• Speed

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What determines what color an object is?

• An objects color is the color wavelength it absorbs

• An objects color is determined by what material its made of

• An objects color is determined by how well you can see

• An objects color is determined by the wavelengths of radiation it reflects

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What happens to the energy of a wave as wavelength increases

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

• Depends on the material it is traveling through

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What happens to the energy of waves as wavelength decreases?

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

• Changes depending on the type of medium its traveling through

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