WorksheetsThe Electromagnetic Spectrum
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
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
As wavelength shrinks on the electromagnetic spectrum, the frequency...
Increases
Decreases
Stays the same
Disappears
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 a shorter wavelength than visible light?
Radio waves
Microwaves
Infrared rays
Ultraviolet waves
What is not a field that makes up an electromagnetic wave?
electric
magnetic
digitial
none of the above
What electromagnetic wave do humans emit as heat energy?
infrared light
ultraviolet light
visible light
microwaves
The color blue has more energy than the color red.
True
False
This type of electromagnetic wave can be used to see inside luggage at an airport or in hospitals to see your bones.
Gamma Rays
Visible Light
X Rays
Infrared Rays
