Physics Test: Electromagnetic Waves

a wave that is partly magnetic and partly electric

Largest electromagnetic waves (size of buildings-humans)

Second largest electromagnetic waves (size of honey bee)

Third largest electromagnetic wave (size of a pinpoint)

Middle of the electromagnetic spectrum (roygbiv)

Third smallest electromagnetic wave (size of molecules)

Second smallest electromagnetic wave (size of atoms)

Smallest electromagnetic wave (size of atomic nuclei)

emitting electromagnetic waves

Radio waves have high or low frequency?

Gamma ray waves have high or low frequency

What is the speed of light?

Range of visible light? (nanometers)

our eyes interpretation of every color wave at once

no light waves, everything is absorbed

three primary colors

three secondary colors

part of eye that lets light through, protective layer

part of eye that focuses the image

part of the eye that the image is focused on, contains rods and cones

bundle of nerves that connects to the brain

cells on outside of retina that see bright and dark

cells on the center of the retina that react to colors, three types (red green, blue)

missing or damaged cones leads to...

Red-high, Green-high, B- none

Red-low, Green-mid, Blue-mid

light hits a surfaces and bounces off, the incident ray and second ray have the same angle

the medium changes so the direction of the wave changes, light "curves"

bending of waves around small obstacles and the spreading out of waves past small openings

reflection of light of non-metallic surfaces, results in removal of light waves that aren't a certain direction

The optic nerve in your retina causes a...

the substance waves are traveling through

range of things

Speed of a wave formula

Why is sky blue and not violet?