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Electromagnetic Spectrum

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
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1.

the span of all kinds of electromagnetic radiation so there are small frequency waves and super high and everything in between all these waves are made up of photons that go through space till they meet with matter some are absorbed and some are reflected.

a)

Radio Waves

b)

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

c)

Ultrasound Waves

d)

X-Rays

2.

The lowest-frequency waves in the EM spectrum at 3*10 to the 9th Hz and a wavelength of 10 cm.

a)

Radio Waves

b)

Gamma Rays

c)

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

d)

Microwaves

3.

The second highest frequency wave at 3*10 to the 17th power to 3*10 to the 19th power Hz and a wavelength of 10 to the -7th power to 10 to the -9th power cm.

a)

X-rays

b)

Visible Light Waves

c)

Ultraviolet Waves

d)

Gamma Rays

4.

The middle range of frequencies in the EM spectrum at 4.3*10 to the 14th power to 7.5*10 to the 14th power Hz and a wavelength of 7*10 to the -5th power to 4*10 to the -5th power cm.

a)

Microwaves

b)

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

c)

Gamma Rays

d)

Visible Light Waves

5.

The second-lowest frequency waves in the EM spectrum at 3*10 to the 9th power to 3*10 to the 12th power Hz and a wavelength of 10 to .01 cm.

a)

Infrared Light Waves

b)

Visible Light Waves

c)

Microwaves

d)

Radio Waves

6.

The third lowest waves in the EM spectrum at 3*10 to the 12th power to 4.3*10 to the 14th power Hz and a wavelength of .01 to 7*10 to the -5th power cm.

a)

Gamma Rays

b)

Radio Waves

c)

Infrared Light Waves

d)

Visible Light Waves

7.

The highest-frequency EM waves at 3*10 to the 19th power Hz and a wavelength of 10 to the -9th power cm.

a)

Gamma Rays

b)

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

c)

Visible Light Waves

d)

X-rays

8.

The third highest waves in the EM spectrum at a frequency of 7.5*10 to the 14th power to 3*10 to the 17th power Hz and a wavelength of 4*10 to the -5th power to 10 to the -7th power cm.

a)

X-rays

b)

Ultraviolet Waves

c)

Microwaves

d)

Infrared Light Waves

9.

______ radiation will cook your food quick making life easier for humans, people also use _______ to penetrate things that interrupt radio wave signals like clouds, smoke, and rain.

a)

Radio Waves

b)

Ultraviolet Waves

c)

Microwaves

d)

X-Rays

10.

Dentists use ______ to image your teeth to see if they’re straight, and airport security uses them to see through your bag if there are contraband items.

a)

X-rays

b)

Infrared Light Waves

c)

Gamma Rays

d)

Radio Waves

11.

Light bulbs give off ________ and humans use these to see at night, and _______ waves also lets people see the world around them like rainbows.

a)

X-rays

b)

Gamma Rays

c)

Radio Waves

d)

Visible Light Waves

12.

_________ waves comes from the sun and are the reason for skin tans and burns and humans use these waves from the sun to get tan, ________ waves also help astronomers because when they detect _________ waves it helps them learn about the structures of galaxies.

a)

Infrared Light Waves

b)

Gamma Rays

c)

Ultraviolet Waves

d)

Microwaves

13.

Doctors use ________ imaging to look in your body, people also use ________ for nuclear weapons like nuclear bombs that could destroy a small country.

a)

Radio Waves

b)

Gamma Rays

c)

X-rays

d)

Visible Light Waves

14.

Your radio captures _______ waves coming from radio stations so humans know what's going on in the world or to listen to music, people also use ______ waves when they use their cellphones like when they send a message the _____ waves are transmitted from one device to another.

a)

Microwaves

b)

Infrared Light Waves

c)

X-rays

d)

Radio Waves

15.

Night vision goggles pick up the _______ light from our skin and things with heat the army uses this to see hostiles at night, in space people use ______ waves to map the dust between stars.

a)

Infrared Light Waves

b)

Visible Light Waves

c)

Daequan's Hairline

d)

Ultraviolet Waves