EM Spectrum

What's the physical difference that results in different colors?

• The wavelength/frequency of light

• The intensity of light

• The speed/velocity of light

• The angle of light

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What are your eyes capable of seeing?

• Sound

• Light

• Waves

• Water

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What type of wave is light?

• Sound wave

• Water wave

• Electromagnetic wave

• Seismic wave

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What is the highest point of a wave called (a)?

• Trough

• Amplitude

• Crest

• Equilibrium

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What is the lowest point of a wave called (d)?

• Crest

• Equilibrium

• Trough

• Wavelength

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What term describes the distance between two consecutive crests (b) in a wave?

• Amplitude

• Trough

• Crest

• Wavelength

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What is the term for the line that represents the undisturbed position (g) of the medium through which a wave travels?

• Crest

• Trough

• Equilibrium

• Amplitude

What is the term for the maximum displacement of a point on a wave from its rest position (c or e)?

• Wavelength

• Equilibrium

• Trough

• Amplitude

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What does the speed (v) of a wave describe?

• The number of times a wave completes a cycle in a second.

• The horizontal distance from one crest to the next crest.

• How quickly the wave moves forward.

• The vertical distance from one crest to the next trough.

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What is frequency (f) of a wave?

• The horizontal distance from one crest to the next crest.

• How quickly the wave moves forward.

• The number of cycles a wave completes in a minute.

• The number of times a wave completes a cycle in a second.

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