Light Waves

​_____ is a type of wave that carries energy from one place to another even through an empty space.

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Name the type of light wave we can see. 

• visible

• gamma

• ultraviolet

In this GIF, which of the vocabulary represents what is happening in the GIF?

• Absorption

• Reflection

• Transmission

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DROP DOWN: The skin taking in the sun is an example of

(a)  

• Absorption
• Transmission
• Reflection

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True or False:

Light can travel through matter (gas, liquid, solid) and empty space. 

• True

• False

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What does the term reflection mean?

• When an object takes in the light

• When light passes through an object

• When Light bounces off an object

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True or False:

Light travels in a straight line.

• True

• False

Which type of light wave contains powerful energy made in nuclear explosions and stars?

• gamma

• x-ray

• visible

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Which type of light wave can cause sunburns or even skin cancer? 

• x-ray

• visible

• ultraviolet

Which type of electromagnetic radiation produces the heat we can feel coming from the toaster?

• Radio waves
• Infrared waves
• X-rays
• Gamma rays

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