What are X - Rays used for?

Scanning luggage during security checks.

Checking to see if your shoelaces are untied.

Sterilising hospital equipment.

Which of the following best explains why ultraviolet rays can cause sunburn but visible light from a light bulb does not damage skin?

Ultraviolet rays have higher frequency than visible light rays and thus have more energy than light rays from a light bulb.

Ultraviolet rays come before the light rays in the electromagnetic spectrum, which means anything before visible light automatically causes cancer.

Ultraviolet rays have lower frequencies than visible light rays and thus have higher energy than light rays from a light bulb.

Ultraviolet rays have higher frequencies than visible light rays and thus have less energy than light rays from a light bulb.

Scientists use electromagnetic waves to detect supernovas in space. Why are electromagnetic waves used instead of sound waves?

Electromagnetic waves can travel in vacuums.

Electromagnetic waves cannot be absorbed.

Electromagnetic waves travel slower than sound waves.

Electromagnetic waves are created by physical vibrations.

Which statement best explains the difference between light waves traveling through a vacuum and light waves traveling through a medium?

Light waves traveling through a vacuum travel faster than light waves traveling through a medium.

Light waves traveling through a vacuum are transverse, but light waves traveling through a medium are longitudinal.

Light waves traveling through a vacuum have no mass, but light waves traveling through a medium have a mass greater than zero.

Light waves traveling through a vacuum have a shorter wavelength than light waves traveling through a medium.

EM Waves

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which electromagnetic wave can you see?

Gamma ray

Microwave ray

Visible light

X-ray

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which one of these images is an X - Ray?

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This image is created using what type of electromagnetic wave?

Infrared

Ultraviolet

X-ray

Microwave

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NGSS.HS-PS4-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This type of EM radiation is used to send mobile phone signals & in GPS?

infrared

visible light

ultraviolet

microwaves

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What type of EM radiation is used in military night vision goggles?

radio wave

microwave

infrared

light

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What type of EM radiation plays an important role in wireless communication?

ultraviolet

visible light

infrared

microwave

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NGSS.HS-PS4-2

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What type of EM radiation is utilized in treating cancer, using its high energy to destroy the cells in a tumour?

gamma ray

x-ray

visible light

microwave

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NGSS.HS-PS4-4

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EM Waves

18 questions

Which electromagnetic wave can you see?

Which one of these images is an X - Ray?

This image is created using what type of electromagnetic wave?

This type of EM radiation is used to send mobile phone signals & in GPS?

What type of EM radiation is used in military night vision goggles?

What type of EM radiation plays an important role in wireless communication?

What type of EM radiation is utilized in treating cancer, using its high energy to destroy the cells in a tumour?

What are X - Rays used for?

Which type of waves are used in broadcasting?

How much of the electromagnetic spectrum is made up of visible light?

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