Electromagnetic Spectrum and Color

The electromagnetic spectrum includes the complete range of electromagnetic waves placed in order of:

• increasing amplitutde

• increasing wavelength

• increasing frequency

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Which of the following lists the electromagnetic waves in order of decreasing frequency?

• X-rays, microwaves, infrared rays

• UV rays, visible light, x-rays

• infrared rays, microwaves, radio waves

What are electromagnetic waves?

• sound waves

• electric & magnetic fields (energy) that travel through empty space very quickly

• Someone's name

• things like longitudinal waves

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A substance through which light travels.

• Wavelength

• Opaque

• Frequency

• Medium

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Light can behave as both a ______ and a _______.

• Ray; beam

• Wave; particle

• Natural source; unnatural source

• Refraction; reflection

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

• ultraviolet light

• visible light

• infrared light

• x-rays

What do we call this tool that separates white light into the colors of the Visible Spectrum?

• tuning fork

• prism

• microscope

• graduated cylinder

Which color of light has the longest wavelength?

• orange

• red

• blue

• green

A prism can be used to...

• separate visible light into colors

• make a beam of light brighter

• measure the speed of light

• make UV light visible

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White light is made up of a mixture of the seven colors of the rainbow.

• True

• False