Light and Telescopes

This wave is used in communications and radar. It has the longest wavelength with the lowest frequency.

• radio wave

• infrared

• Gamma wave

• ultra violet

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

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Which portion of the electromagnetic spectrum includes the range of light that can be detected by the human eye? 

• ultraviolet light
• visible light
• infrared light
• x-rays

A wave with a long wavelength will have a ______ frequency and _____ energy

• high, low
• high, high
• low, high
• low, low

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

These are the waves that are used to create medical images and can be found around black holes, neutron stars, stars, supernovas, and even some comets.

• visible light

• gamma rays

• x rays

• microwaves

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NGSS.HS-PS4-4

The type of wave with the shortest wavelength and highest frequency.  This type of wave is extremely harmful and is associated with some of the most violent events in the Universe, like supernova explosions.

• radio

• infrared

• gamma

• x ray

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The type of EM wave that is used to cook food and is difficult to observe from the ground.

• radio

• microwave

• gamma

• visible light

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

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What type of electromagnetic radiation do humans use to make Vitamin D? It also causes tanning and sunburns.

• ultraviolet light

• visible light

• microwaves

• infrared

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NGSS.HS-PS4-4

What type of electromagnetic waves contain energy that we perceive as heat?

• infrared

• ultraviolet light

• radio waves

• x-rays

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NGSS.HS-PS4-4

A wave with a short wavelength will have a ______ frequency and _____ energy

• high, low

• high, high

• low, high

• low, low

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The theory that electromagnetic radiation can be treated as either a particle of light or a wave

• wave particle duality

• photon

• frequency

• vacuum

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3