Electromagnetic Waves

Airport security is an example of _________.

• infrared rays

• radio waves

• x-rays

• gamma rays

Cell phones, televisions and radios use ______radiation

• radio wave

• tv wave

• Gamma wave

The speed of light (radiation) is _________km/second.

• 3,000

• 300

• 300,000

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The number of wave cycles to pass a given point per time unit

• Gamma Waves

• Meters

• Frequency

• Radio Waves

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High frequency equals

• high energy

• low energy

• no change in energy

• none of the above

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The distance between 2 crests or troughs

• wavelength

• amplitude

• frequency

• wave speed

These are the only wavelengths the human eye can see:

• X-rays

• Radio Waves

• Visible Light

• Gamma Waves

Because electromagnetic waves travel as both a particle and a wave, this is the "particle" component of an electromagnetic wave. (Vocab)

• Proton

• Muon

• Photon

• Higgs Boson

• Transceiver

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When an electron moves from an excited state back to its normal energy level, it creates a disturbance in the magnetic field around it and makes what? (Vocab)

• Gravity Wave

• Permanent Magnet

• Electromagnetic Wave

• Electromagnet

• Electric Motor

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This is how we perceive the amplitude (intensity) of EM waves (light). (Vocab)

• Brightness

• Color

• Smell

• Pitch

• Volume

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