ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES REVIEW

After 2 weeks' lessons on light and electromagnetic waves,

• 4= I know so much about light and electromagnetic waves.

• 3= I understand that light affects things on Earth, in good and bad ways.

• 2= I need to learn more about light and electromagnetic waves.

• 1= I'm not sure I know much about this topic.

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In vacuum, Electromagnetic waves travel with the speed of ___________.

• SOUND

• LIGHT

• CHEETAH

• TSUNAMI

What fact about the Sun explains why people get skin cancer?

• The light from the Sun contains Ultraviolet rays.

• The Sun is 93 million miles away from the Earth.

• The Sun's lght is absorbed, reflected, or passes through things.

• Plants use sunlight for photosynthesis/ to make their own food.

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The State Flower of CA is the poppy and these poppy flowers appears orange because ______

• the orange light is absorbed by the poppy flowers.

• all the colors of the spectrum (ROYGBIV) are absorbed by the poppy flowers.

• the orange light is reflected or bounced back to our eyes.

• all the colors of visible light (ROYGBIV) are relected to your eyes.

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Which Light waves from fluorescent lamps/light bulbs mainly cause plants to get warm?

• Ultraviolet rays

• Infrared rays

• green visible light

• radiowaves

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Which light waves can pass through our skin and flesh but not through our bones?

• visible/white light (ROYGIBIV)

• Infrared rays

• Microwaves

• X-rays

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Which are the weakest light waves from the Sun that can pass through plants without affecting it?

• radiowaves

• gamma rays

• xrays

• gamma rays

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Which are the strongest and most dangerous light waves, mostly found on radioactive materials and bursting stars?

• Visible Light

• Microwaves

• Infrared

• gamma rays

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The rectangle on the upper left hand corner of the US flag appears blue because_________.

• the blue color from the spectrum is reflected to our eyes.

• the blue light is absorbed by the rectangle.

• the color red is reflected to our eyes and the blue is absorbed by the rectangle.

• All the colors (ROYGBIV) are absorbed by the rectangle.

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Our skin color depends on the amount of pigment called ___________ in our cells to protect us from the Sun's harmful rays.

• melanoma

• DNA

• melanin

• Ultraviolet

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