Waves
EM Spectrum
Reflection/Defraction
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Sample Questions
100

The distance between two crests

Wavelength

100

What is the order of EM waves from weakest to strongest

Radio, Micro, Infrared, visible Light, ultraviolet, x-ray, Gamma

100
How is a rainbow formed

By the refraction of light from rain drops

100

If you mix chemicals and a reaction occurs what happens to the energy

A. Energy is destroyed

B. Energy is created

C. Energy is transformed

D. Energy is stabilized

C. Energy is transformed

100

When you break a a glow stick the fluid inside the glow stick mixes to create light. This is what type of reaction? 

Chemical Reaction

200
This type of wave requires a medium

Mechanical wave

200

What is the Frequency, wavelength and energy on the left side of the spectrum? Right side? 

Left= F: low; WL: Long; E: low

Right= F: high; WL: Short; E: high

200

What causes light to refract

A. Moving from air to water

B. Passing from one glass block to another

C. Moving through the air

D. Traveling through a vacuum

A- Moving from air to water

200

Which is a characteristic property of acids?

A. They do not react with metals

B. They turn blue litmus paper red

C. They turn red litmus paper blue

D. They are slippery

B. they turn blue litmus paper red. 

200

What type of Energy transformation occurs when you turn on a light bulb? 

A. Electrical to heat and mechanical

B. Potential to kinetic

C. Mechanical to kinetic

D. Electrical to heat and light

D. Electrical to heat and light energy

300

This type of wave has compressions and rarefactions

Longitudinal wave

300

What are the colors of Visible Light in Order

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet

300

What is it called when a ray of light hits a surface and changes direction? 

Reflection

300

A solution is a mixture of two or more substances

A. Of the same state

B. it is heterogeneous

C. it is Homogeneous

C. Homogeneous

300

How is the solubility of gas affected by temperature?A. Increase temperature, solubility stays the same

B. Increase temperature, solubility increases

C. decrease temperature, solubility increases

B. Increase temperature, increase solubility

400

Sound waves are what type of wave

Longitudinal

400

This Type of wave is emitted from the Sun and can be used to clean medical tools

Ultraviolet Waves

400

If the angle of incidence of a shining light increases what happens to the angle of reflection? 

it also increases

400

What is Neutralization?

A reaction between an acid and a base to make a salt

400

What is the difference between a solute and solvent? 

A. Solute is the substance that dissolves another substance

B. Solute is the substance that dissolves INTO another substance

C. none of the above

B. solute is the substance that dissolves INTO another substance

500

This waves energy moves perpendicular to the particles in the wave

Transverse wave

500

Sound waves travel fastest through what typed of medium?

Solid

500

What is Defraction? 

The bending of waves around and object or medium. 

500

If hydrogen Ions (H3O+)decrease, the Hydroxide Ions(OH-) does what? 

A. Increases along with pH

B. Increase but pH decreases

C. Decreases but pH increases

D. Decreases along with pH

A. Increases along with pH

500

Spinning wind turbine blades has kinetic energy. Wind turbines transform this energy into electric energy and heat energy. Which is true?

A. All heat energy is transformed into electric energy

B. Half heat energy is transformed into electric energy

C. Half of kinetic energy is transformed into electric energy

D. All of kinetic energy is transformed to electric energy

D. All kinetic energy is transformed
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