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Wavelength, Frequency, Energy Practice

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the speed of light?

a)

3.0x108 ms

b)

3.0x108 m/s

c)

6.626x10-34 Js

d)

6.626x10-34 J/s

2.

Now, practice entering the number for the value of the Speed of Light: [Type your answer as NUMBERx10^exp, without spaces or units]

(a)  

3.

What is the value of Planck's Constant?

(a)  

4.

A blue light has a wavelength of 4x10^-7 m. What is its frequency, to one decimal place?

(a)  

5.

When an electric stove glows red, it is producing near-IR light, of wavelength about 7.9x10^-7 m. What is its frequency to 3 decimal places?

(a)  

6.

A blacklight that makes neon things glow in the dark has a wavelength of about 3.15x10^-7 m. What is its frequency? (2 decimal places please!)

(a)  

7.

Below are the answers to the previous 3 questions. Which one has the MOST energy?

a)

9.52x10^14

b)

3.797x10^14 Hz

c)

7.5x10^14

d)

They are all the same

8.

A radio station that Mrs. Gladstone likes is 97.5 WWWV out of Charlottesville. The station number means that the frequency of the radio wave is 97.5 Megahertz, or 9.75x10^5 Hz. What is the wavelength? (Use the Hz value and report it to 2 decimal places please!)

(a)  

9.

If you have satellite TV, a radio-type wave comes to your house from space at a frequency of 12.2 GHz, which is 12.2x10^9 Hz. Choose the best answer for the wavelength!

a)

0 m

b)

0.0246 m

c)

2.46x10^7 m

d)

40.67 m

10.

A soda bottle is about 13 inches tall, or 3.3x10^-1 m. An electromagnetic wave of the same wavelength would be what type of wave?

a)

Radio wave

b)

Micro wave

c)

Visible light

d)

X-ray

11.

A certain wave has a frequency of 2.68 x 10^6 Hz. How much energy does it have? (1 decimal places please. Hint: exponent is -27)

(a)  

12.

PET scans for medical imaging usually involve a small amount of radioactive decay, producing a gamma ray of about 1.24x10^20 Hz. How much energy does this radiation have? (3 decimal places please!)

(a)  

13.

Yellow-orange light has approximately 3.4x10^-19 J of energy. What is its frequency to 1 decimal place?

(a)  

14.
Choose the correct *combined* wave equation:
a)
E=hc/L
b)
E=c/Lh
c)
nu=cE/L^2
d)
ch=EL
15.

Using the combined wave equation, calculate the energy of the lasers in a Blu-ray player, which emit at 405x10^-9 m. Please express it to 2 decimal places

(a)  

16.

Using the combined wave equation, calculate the energy of the shade of orange known as Safety Orange, 622x10^-9 m, and express it to 3 decimal places!

(a)