ES 24.1 Formative

The arrangement of electromagnetic radiation according to their wavelengths and frequencies.

• electromagnetic spectrum

• visible light

• emission spectrum

• Doppler effect

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All electromagnetic waves travel through space at the same speed.

• true

• false

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All electromagnetic waves travel through space at the same frequency.

• true

• false

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Particles of light are called ___.

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Which of the following has the highest frequency?

• gamma rays

• visible light

• ultraviolet rays

• infrared rays

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Which of the following has the longest wavelength?

• visible light

• gamma rays

• infrared rays

• microwaves

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When a wave source is moving toward or away from an object, the wavelength changes, a phenomenon know as the _____.

• Doppler effect

• emission spectrum

• electromagnetic spectrum

• continuous effect

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Visible light from an object that is moving away from you shifts toward

• red

• blue

In astronomy, the Doppler effect is used to determine whether a star is moving away from or toward Earth.

• true

• false

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Produced when visible light is passed through a relatively cool gas under low pressure. The gas absorbs certain wavelengths of light. Appears as a continuous spectrum with a series of black lines running through it.

• continuous spectrum

• absorption spectrum

• emission

  spectrum

• Doppler effect

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