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"Wave Check" (EM Wave Spectrum)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What waves have the longest wavelength?

a)

Radio Waves

b)

Gamma Rays

c)

Microwaves

d)

X-Rays

2.

What waves have the shortest wavelength?

a)

Gamma Rays

b)

X-Rays

c)

Infrared

d)

Visible Light

3.

What's the wave that's visible to humans?

a)

UV Waves

b)

Visible Light

c)

Infrared

d)

X-Rays

4.

What waves cause sunburns and tans?

a)

Visible Light

b)

UV Waves

c)

Infrared

d)

Gamma Rays

5.

What rays do radiologists often use?

a)

Infrared

b)

Radio Waves

c)

Microwaves

d)

X-Rays

6.

What waves might be used by a hunter at night?

a)

Infrared

b)

Radio Waves

c)

Microwaves

d)

UV Rays

7.

What waves might you find in your kitchen?

a)

Radio Waves

b)

Infrared

c)

Microwaves

d)

UV Rays

8.

Which waves the most energy?

a)

Radio Waves

b)

Microwaves

c)

Gamma Rays

d)

Visible Waves

9.

Which waves have the lowest energy?

a)

Microwaves

b)

Radio Waves

c)

Infrared

d)

UV Rays

10.

Which waves are used in atomic bombs?

a)

UV Rays

b)

Gamma Rays

c)

Infrared

d)

Microwaves

11.

Do frequencies get higher or lower as you travel up the spectrum?

a)

Higher

b)

Lower

c)

Neither

d)

Depends

12.

Do wavelengths get longer or shorter as you travel up the spectrum

a)

Neither

b)

Depends

c)

Shorter

d)

Longer

13.

Which waves have the highest frequency?

a)

Gamma Rays

b)

Infrared

c)

Radio waves

d)

Microwaves

14.

Which waves have the shortest frequencies?

a)

Gamma Rays

b)

Microwaves

c)

Radio Waves

d)

UV Rays

15.

What is the trough of a wave?

a)

The highest point

b)

The middle of the wave

c)

The lowest point

d)

None of the above

16.

What is the crest of a wave?

a)

The middle of the wave

b)

The lowest point

c)

None of the above

d)

The highest point

17.

What is the amplitude of a wave?

a)

None of the above

b)

The crest to the trough

c)

The length of the origin to the bottom of a wave

d)

The length of the origin to the top of a wave

18.

What is the line through the middle of a wave?

a)

Crest

b)

Origin

c)

Trough

d)

Amplitude

19.

Which color has the longest wave length?

a)

Red

b)

Violet

c)

Green

d)

Blue

20.

Which color has the shortest wavelength?

a)

Red

b)

Violet

c)

Green

d)

Blue