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EM Spectrum and Calculations Lesson Check

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the frequency of a photon that has a wavelength of 850 m?

a)

3.53 x 105 Hz

b)

3.5 x 105 Hz

c)

3.5 x 105 J

d)

2.8 x 10-6 Hz

2.

What is the frequency of a photon that has 3.00 x 10-12 Joules of energy?

a)

4.52 x 1021 Hz

b)

4.53 x 1021 2

c)

4.53 x 10-47 Hz

d)

4.5 x 1021 Hz

3.

Find the energy of a photon with a wavelength of 710. nm

a)

2.8 x 10-19 J

b)

2.80 x 10-28 J

c)

2.80 x 10-19 J

d)

2.8 x 10-28 J

4.
Which of the following types of radiation has the shortest wavelength and the highest frequency?
a)
Radio Waves
b)
Infrared
c)
Visible
d)
X-Rays
5.
Which of the following lists the electromagnetic waves in order of increasing wavelength?
a)
X-rays, visible light, radio waves
b)
gamma rays, microwaves, UV rays
c)
infrared rays, radio waves, x-rays
6.
If the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave is longer, what is true about the energy? 
a)
Energy is higher.
b)
Energy is lower. 
c)
Energy is not dependent on wavelength. 
d)
energy is cancelled out
7.

The frequency of light is 7.14 x 1014 Hz. What is the wavelength?

a)

4.20 x 10-7 nm

b)

4.20 x 10-7 m

c)

4.20 x 1021 m

d)

4.20 x 1021 nm

8.

What is the frequency of ultraviolet light with a wavelength of 1.24 x 10-7 m?

a)

2.42 x 1015 Hz

b)

8.22 x 10-34 Hz

c)

3.00 x 108 Hz

d)

1.04 x 1013 Hz

9.

A common infrared laser operates at 1.06 x 103 nm. What is the energy of a photon with this wavelength?

a)

7.02 x 10-40 J

b)

6.25 x 10-28 J

c)

3.54 x 10-15 J

d)

1.88 x 10-19 J

10.

What happens if we increase frequency?

a)

Wavelength gets shorter and energy increases.

b)

Both energy and wavelength and energy increase.

c)

Wavelength gets longer and energy decreases.

d)

Frequency does not affect energy or wavelength.