Light Frequency and Wavelength

Select the correct order of waves on the EMS from the longest wavelength to the shortest wavelength

• Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma

• Gamma, X-ray, Ultra, Vis, Infra, Micro, Radio

• Vis, Micro, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma, Radio

• Micro, Radio, Vis, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma

How much of the electromagnetic spectrum is visible?

• All of it

• None of it

• Most of it

• Only a small part

For waves in any medium, as the wavelength decreases, what happens to the frequency?

• It also decrease

• It stays the same

• It increases

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Shorter Wavelengths have ____Energy,Longer Wavelengths___Energy?

• Lower,Higher

• Higher,Lower

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Which color has the longest wavelength?

• Red

• Orange

• Yellow

• Blue

Which color has the shortest wavelength?

• Red

• Orange

• Yellow

• Blue

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

• Short wavelength corresponds to low frequency.

• Frequency and wavelength are inversely related.

• High frequency light corresponds to short wavelength.

• Low frequency light corresponds to long wavelength.

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Red is the least bent among the seven colors because it has the ___________.

• lowest frequency

• highest frequency

• longest wavelength

• shortest wavelength

Which of the following orders of visible light colors shows increasing wavelength?

• red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet

• red, yellow, green, orange, violet, blue, indigo

• violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red

• violet, blue, green, orange, red, indigo, yellow

Why does white light separate into different colors as it passes through a prism?

• The colors are changed by addition.

• This is an example of color by subtraction.

• Different colored light has different wavelengths.

• The side part of a prism only let certain colors of light pass through.

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