WorksheetsThe Electromagnetic Spectrum
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 11mins
This type of wave does not need to travel through a medium. Instead, it travels through a vacuum.
Transverse
Electromagnetic
Longitudinal
This is the term for an area where no matter exists.
Medium
Loop hole
Vacuum
Black hole
Which type of wave is shown in the above picture?
Sound
Longitudinal
Electromagnetic
Electromagnetic waves travel around 300,000 kilometers per second. This is known as the speed of ______.
Rays
Light
Sound
Traveling
The name for the range of electromagnetic waves placed in order of increasing frequency is...
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Electromagnesis
Visible light spectrum
The range of light
As frequency increases on the electromagnetic spectrum, what happens to the wavelength?
It stays the same
It decreases
It increases
It doubles
Numbers on the Electromagnetic Spectrum that are too big or small to write as a decimal are written in...
Scientific Notation
Multiples of 2
Fraction form
Visible light
When a number on the electromagnetic spectrum has a negative exponent, the decimal point is moved to the...
Left
Right
As wavelength shrinks on the electromagnetic spectrum, the frequency...
Increases
Decreases
Stays the same
Disappears
How would 3 x 10-4 be written as a decimal?
0.0003
0.003
0.004
.00003
Which of the following is not in the electromagnetic spectrum?
Light waves
Sound waves
Radio Waves
X-rays
Which color has the longest wavelength?
Yellow
Red
Green
Purple
What is the color of visible light determined by?
Amplitude
Speed
Frequency
Sound
In which list are forms of electromagnetic energy arranged in order from longest to shortest wavelength?
Microwave -> Radio wave -> Infrared rays
Visible light -> x-ray -> radio wave
Microwave -> infrared -> visibile light
Infrared -> radio wave -> ultraviolet
Which electromagnetic radiation has the greatest frequency?
Radio waves
Visibile light
Infrared
X-rays
Why do dentists put lead aprons over patients' bodies when taking X-rays?
To focus the X-ray
To prevent the patient from moving too much
To prevent harmful exposure to X-rays
To prevent taking pictures of other parts of the body
Which electromagnetic radiation has a shorter wavelength than visible light?
Radio waves
Microwaves
Infrared rays
Ultraviolet waves
