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Radio Waves, Microwave, IR Radiation, Visible Light, UV Radiation, X-rays, Gamma-rays

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Radio Waves, Microwave, IR Radiation, Visible Light, UV Radiation, X-rays, Gamma-rays

Correct order of EM Radiation with increasing frequency

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Transverse

Electromagnetic waves are _____

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Television, infrared, visible light, X-rays

Which of the following correctly lists electromagnetic waves in order from longest to shortest wavelength?

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Gamma rays have greater energy than visible light for penetrating matter

Why are high-frequency gamma rays more dangerous to humans than visible light?

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Gamma ray

Which type of EM radiation has the shortest wavelengths?

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Global Positioning System

By using ______, you can determine your exact position and altitude on Earth.

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Letter B

Which diagram represents electromagnetic energy with the shortest wavelength?

<p>Which diagram represents electromagnetic energy with the shortest wavelength?</p>
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Wavelength

What part of a wave is shown at point 1

<p>What part of a wave is shown at point 1</p>
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Trough

What part of a wave is shown at point 2

<p>What part of a wave is shown at point 2</p>
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Amplitude

What part of a wave is shown at point 3

<p>What part of a wave is shown at point 3</p>
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Crest

What part of a wave is shown at point 4

<p>What part of a wave is shown at point 4</p>
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EM or Transverse Wave

What kind of wave is represented by this diagram?

<p>What kind of wave is represented by this diagram?</p>
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Increases

As the frequency of a wave ____ the wavelength becomes smaller

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Visible Light

____ has a shorter wavelength and higher frequency than infrared rays.

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X rays

_____ shorter wavelength and higher frequency than UV-rays. It carries a great amount of energy

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Photons

Light is made of little particles called _____

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Straight path

Light can travel in a

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Light

Is a form of EM Wave that is propagated perpendicular to the source of energy

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Absorption

Of light energy is converted into some other form, such as thermal or heat energy

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Refracted

Light when passes from one medium into another, it changes direction slightly this is called ______

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Transmitted

Light can be _____, sometimes it passes through a certain matter.

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Equal

Angle of incidence is to the angle of reflection

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Bends away from normal

A ray of light when passing from glass to air, ________

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lower speed

Light travels at a _____ in water than in air

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same straight-line path

Light travels in the _______ while passing through different media.

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Reflected rays

_______ are formed when light strikes the surface of an object

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transmitted light

The ________ is the difference if incident light and absorbed light

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Index of Refraction (n)

______ is the ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum and the speed of light in the material

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Always greater than 1

The indices of refraction of different materials are always ______

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Wavelengths

White light is actually a combination of several different ____ of light traveling together.

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Red

Which has the longest wavelength?

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Violet

Which has the shortest wavelength?

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White Light

All the colors in the visible spectrum put together will form

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Rays

Light travels in straight paths called ___.

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Wave-particles

Sir Issac Newton describe light as ___.

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Dispersion, Refraction, Reflection

The particle theory of light can explain the following phenomena ______.

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Refraction

Light beam changes its direction when it strikes a boundary between air and water.

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Frequency

When light crosses a boundary between air and water, the following quantity of light remains the same _____

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Red

Sun rays fall on a grass prism. What light ray will be refracted the least?

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Reflected

Light that bounces off an object is

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Disappears

A student conducts an investigation to determine the focal length of a convex lens. She holds the lens in front of her and looks through it at a distant object. She slowly moves the lens towards her eye. She knows she is holding it at the focal length when the image

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Diverging

A lens is used to produce a virtual image that is smaller than the object the lens must be a _ lens

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Convex mirror and concave lens.

Identify the list below that contains items that diverge light rays.

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Total Internal Reflection

also the principle behind fiber optics.

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ROYGBIV

Is a way of remembering the colors of the visible spectrum.

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A Concave Lens (diverging)

thinner in the middle than at the edges and spreads the light passing through it.

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transmitted, reflected, or absorbed

When light or sound waves hit an object, they can be _______, _______ and _______

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Light travels to you faster than sound.

Why do you see lightning before hearing thunder

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A Convex Lens (converging)

is thicker in the middle than at the edges and focuses the light passing through it.

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Speed, Direction. The change in speed causes it to bend.

When light changes ___, it also changes ____.

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300,000 km/s

All electromagnetic waves travel at ________ through a vacuum.

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look identical to images formed by flat mirrors.

Images formed by spherical mirrors will ___

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bends

  • Light ____ when it travels from air into water (Slower)

  • Bending of light depends on the medium and the density of the medium

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color of light it reflects.

The color of an object is really the ___

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Electromagnetic waves

are made by vibrating electrical charges that can travel through matter.

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same electric charge

Particles with the _____ repels each other

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opposite charge

Particles with the _____ attract each other

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vibrating electrical charges that can travel through matter.

Electromagnetic waves are made by ________

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