Spectrum Basics
Energy & Speed
Color & Vision
Wave Mechanics
Mystery Bag
100
An example of electromagnetic waves
radio waves, sound waves, ocean waves, gravity waves
What is Radio Waves?
100
A narrow beam of light that travels in a straight line
What is a light ray
100
Which statement best explains why a banana is yellow?
What is it reflects yellow light?
100
Longest wavelength?
What is visible light waves?
100
Which of these statements accurately describes the relationship between the wavelength and frequency of an electromagnetic wave?
If frequency decreases, wavelength increases
200
This type of wave has the highest frequency.
Choices: microwaves, radio waves, infrared waves, ultraviolet waves
What is Ultraviolet waves?
200
a longitudinal wave that can travel only through matter.
What is a sound wave
200
Sara shines a light on the paper as shown in the figure below. The light contains both blue and red wavelengths of light.
If the paper is blue, what color (or colors) of light bounces off the paper?
What is blue?
200
Which rays have shorter wavelengths, Gamma rays or microwaves.?
What is Gamma rays?
200
A material that allows most of the light that strikes it to pass through, but through which objects appear blurry.
Choices: Transparent, Translucent, or Opaque
What is translucent?
300
Which statement is true for all forms of electromagnetic radiation, such as visible light, radio waves, and x-rays?
Gamma rays travel faster than microwaves.
Gamma rays have more energy than microwaves do.
Gamma rays have a lower frequency than microwaves do.
What is Gamma rays have more energy than microwaves do?
300
A reflected sound wave
What is an echo?
300
Any reflecting surface that forms an image by regular reflection
What is a mirror?
300
Stacey shines a light containing both blue and red wavelengths on a piece of paper. If the paper is blue, what color of light bounces off the paper?
What is blue?
300
The perception of how high or low a sound is; related to the frequency of a sound wave.
What is a pitch?
400
Energy from the sun arrives as electromagnetic radiation. Which form of electromagnetic radiation has more energy than visible light waves have?
What is Ultraviolet waves
400
A type of wave created by vibrating particles
What is an electromagnetic wave?
400
A material that allows almost all of the light striking it to pass through, and through which objects can be seen clearly.
Choices: Translucent, Transparent, or Opaque
What is transparent?
400
As wavelength decreases, the frequency of a wave _
What is increases?
400
An electromagnetic wave that has a wavelength shorter than a microwave but longer than light.
What is infrared wave?
500
The visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum consists of the colors of the rainbow. Which color of visible light has the shortest wavelength?
What is violet?
500
The amount of energy that passes through a square meter of space in one second
What is intensity
500
A material through which light does not pass.
Choices: Translucent, Transparent, or Opaque
What is Opaque?
500
Four waves, labeled A, B, C, and D, are shown below.
Which diagram shows the wave with the greatest frequency?
What is diagram C?
500
Something that emits light
What is a light source?