WorksheetsChapter 18 Vocabulary Electromagnetic Waves
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a wave that can travel through empty space or through matter and is produced by charged particles that are in motion?
a)
Electromagnetic Wave
b)
Ultraviolet Radiation
c)
Radiant energy
d)
Electromagnetic spectrum
2.
What is energy carried by an electromagnetic wave?
a)
Radiant energy
b)
X-ray
c)
Radio wave
d)
Gamma ray
3.
What is a wide range of electromagnetic waves with different frequencies and wavelength?
a)
Electromagnetic Wave
b)
Carrier wave
c)
Electromagnetic spectrum
d)
Ultraviolet radiation
4.
What is an electromagnetic wave longer than about 0.001 m?
a)
Gamma Ray
b)
Infrared wave
c)
Radio wave
d)
Carrier wave
5.
What is an electromagnetic wave with wavelengths between 1 mm and 0.7 millionths of a meter?
a)
Infrared wave
b)
Gamma ray
c)
Carrier wave
d)
Radio wave
6.
What is an electromagnetic wave you can detect with your eyes?
a)
Radiant energy
b)
Infrared wave
c)
Radio wave
d)
Visible light
7.
What is higher in frequency than visible light and has even shorter wavelengths?
a)
Ultraviolet radiation
b)
Gamma ray
c)
Infrared wave
d)
Radio wave
8.
What is a high- energy electromagnetic wave that is highly penetrating and can be used for medical diagnosis?
a)
Carrier wave
b)
Gamma ray
c)
Radio wave
d)
X-ray
9.
What is the highest- energy electromagnetic waves with the shortest wavelengths and highest frequencies?
a)
Radio wave
b)
Carrier wave
c)
Gamma ray
d)
X-ray
10.
What is a radio wave broadcast by a radio or TV station at an assigned frequency that contains information used to produce pictures and sound?
a)
Carrier wave
b)
Infrared wave
c)
Radio wave
d)
Gamma ray
11.
What uses satellites, ground based stations, and portable units with receivers to locate objects on Earth?
a)
Ultraviolet radiation
b)
Gamma ray
c)
Visible light
d)
Global positioning system (GPS)
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