2.1 Sun's Spectrum

All the different electromagnetic spectrum radiations have the same speed but different wavelengths.

• True

• False

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Which type of radiation would be potentially the most dangerous for humans if it hit Earth?

• Gamma rays

• Ultraviolet

• X rays

• microwaves

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Which type of radiation causes sunburns?

• Xrays

• Ultraviolet

• visible light

• gamma rays

Which of these shows the electromagnetic spectrum in order from the SHORTEST wavelength to the LONGEST wavelength?

• gamma, xray, ultraviolet, visible light, infrared, microwaves, radio

• radio, visible, microwaves, infrared, ultraviolet,x ray, gamma

• radio, microwave, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, xray, gamma

• gamma,radio, microwave,infrared, visible, ultraviolet, xray

Which type of radiation can help heat up food and is found in cellphones?

• microwaves

• UV

• Infrared

• gamma

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Which of the following statements is correct?

• Microwaves have higher frequency than Gamma rays

• Radio waves have shorter wavelength than ultraviolet

• gamma rays has longer wavelength than x-rays

• x-rays have shorter wavelength than ultraviolet

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Which part of the EM Spectrum has a higher frequency than microwaves and a lower frequency than ultraviolet (UV) waves?

• x-ray waves

• gamma waves

• infrared waves

• radio waves

Which of the following has longer wavelength than visible light but shorter wavelength than microwaves.

• radio waves

• infrared

• UV

• x ray

As white light travels through a prism and is refracted (bent/broken) what happens?

• All the colors of the rainbow are seen

• Only red and purple are seen

• The white light is absorbed

• The white light is reflected

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What are the colors of white light from lowest frequency to highest? (hint: ROYGBIV)

• red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet

• violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red.

• indigo, blue, red, orange, yellow, green, violet

• red, yellow, orange, green, blue, indigo, violet