Waves, Light, and Color

Waves carry ...

• Particles

• Matter

• Energy

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The names given to the shapes of the waves(up and down or back and forth) are

• transverse and electromagnetic

• transverse and longitudinal

• transverse and mechanical

• electromagnetic and mechanical

An example of a longitudinal wave would be

• a water wave

• a ultraviolet wave

• a radio wave

• a sound wave

Which of these is not a medium?

• the vacuum of space

• water

• gases

• the earth

All waves that require a medium to travel through are...

• electromagnetic waves

• mechanical waves

• transverse waves

• longitudinal waves

Which one of these waves does not require a medium?

• water waves

• radio waves

• earthquake waves

• sound waves

A wave in which the particles move back and forth parallel to the direction of energy flow is called a

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

• microwave

• electromagnetic wave

Which list below ranks the electromagnetic waves from lowest energy to highest.

• Radio, visible light, microwaves, gamma waves, x rays, infrared, and ultraviolet

• gamma waves, x-rays, ultraviolet, visible light, infrared, microwaves, radio waves

• gamma, ultraviolet, microwaves, visible light, infrared, radio, x-rays

• radio, microwave, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, xrays, gamma