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Electromagnetic Spectrum

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name

Class

Date

What particles make up light?

Photons

Neutrons

Protons

Light behaves like both a particle and a ______.

Mass

Wave

Current

What color has the shortest wavelength, or the highest frequency?

yellow

blue

red

violet

What type of waves does light travel in?

transverse

compression

high and low waves

waves like the ocean

The full spectrum of light energy is called the__________

broad spectrum

electromagnetic spectrum

helium spectrum

natural light spectrum

Electric and magnetic fields produce

electricity

magnets

longitudinal waves

light

4 is

radio

Visible Light

X-ray

EM waves have the same speed but different:

frequency & medium

wavelength & frequency

medium & wavelength

color & medium

Which wavelength of visible light has the lowest energy?

Red

Yellow

Orange

Blue

10.

Determine the frequency of light in a vacuum if its wavelength is $5.5\times10^{-7}m$ .

(a)

11.

What is the speed of light?

3.0x10⁸ ms

3.0x10⁸ m/s

6.626x10^-34Js

6.626x10^-34J/s

12.

The frequency of violet light is 7.5x10¹⁴Hz. What is its wavelength?

4.0x10^-7 m

4.0x10⁷ m

2.25x10²³m

2.25x10²³ Hz

13.

Violet light has a wavelength of
4.10 x 10^-12m. What is the frequency?

1.23 x 10^ -3 Hz

7.31 x 10^ 19 Hz

1.37 x 10^12 Hz

3.0 x 10^ 8 Hz

14.

Select the correct order of waves on the Electromagnetic Spectrum

Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma

Gamma, X-ray, Ultra, Vis, Infra, Micro, Radio

Vis, Micro, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma, Radio

Micro, Radio, Vis, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma

15.

The frequency of violet light is 7.5x10¹⁴Hz. What is its wavelength?

4.0x10^-7 m

4.0x10⁷ m

2.25x10²³m

2.25x10²³ Hz

16.

Red light has a wavelength of 675 x 10^-9 m. What is its frequency?

2.03x10¹¹ m

4.44x10¹⁴ Hz

4.44x10¹⁴ nm

2.03x10¹¹ Hz

17.

In order to go from ground state to an excited state, an electron must

emit energy

absorb energy

rotate

wiggle

18.

When an electron returns to ground state from an excited state, the atom will

emit energy

absorb energy

rotate

wiggle

19.

Calculate the energy of light with a frequency of 5.10 x 10¹⁴ Hz.

3.38 x 10^-19 J

5.88 x 10^-7 J

9.62 x 10¹² J

1.04 x 10^-13 J

20.

Light is:

a star and a galaxy

a wave and a particle

sound and energy

unable to be measured

100 %

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 25mins

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