Electromagnetic Waves Lesson

Put the visible light colors in order from longest wavelength to shortest wavelength

• Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow, Red

• Red, Yellow, Green, Orange, Violet, Blue, Indigo

• Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet

How much of the electromagnetic spectrum is visible?

• All of it

• None of it

• Most of it

• Only a small part

If you're moving from gamma rays to microwave, describe how the energy level changes

• Increases

• Decreases

• Energy level doesn't change

• We never talked about it

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NGSS.HS-PS4-4

True or false: as you move along the spectrum, left to right, the wavelengths decrease in size (get smaller)

• true

• false

The _______________ determines the color of visible light. 

• wavelength

• speed

• amplitude

• light

Radio waves are carried from an antenna to your car radio.

This is an example of _____.

• absorption

• transmission

• reflection

• refraction

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What kind of wave DOES NOT require a medium to travel?

• sound wave

• electromagnetic wave

• mechanical wave

• seismic wave

Rhythmic disturbances that carry energy are called ______.

• ripples

• bubbles

• waves

• pulsars

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The measure from crest to crest OR trough to trough is the _____.

• frequency

• rest

• amplitude

• wavelength

The number of waves passing a point in a certain amount of time is the _____.

• frequency

• amplitude

• wavelength

• compression