EM Spectrum Web Assignment kade merryman

Name ___________________________

Access the following website: http://www.darvill.clara.net/emag/index.htm and then answer each

question below.

1. What type of wave does not need a solid, liquid or gas to travel through?
visibility light
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2. What is the difference between a sound wave and an electromagnetic wave?
the wavelength
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3. Name the types of electromagnetic waves in order from low energy to high energy.
radio waves
a. ___________________________________
b. ___________________________________
microwaves
infared
c. ___________________________________
visibel light
d. ___________________________________
ultra violet
e. ___________________________________
xrays
f. ___________________________________
gama rays
g. ___________________________________
4. The website suggests remembering them by using a phrase that starts with the first letter of
each word: R-M-I-V-U-X-G. Make up a phrase that will help you remember the order of the
electromagnetic waves from low energy to high energy.
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ryunix
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5. What is wavelength and which has more energy a long wavelength or a short wavelength? Why?
a short one because it makes more rays in a faster time
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6. What is frequency and which has more energy a low frequency or a high frequency? Why?
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a high because it makes it faster and faster makes more energy
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 Fill in the chart below for each type of wave by clicking on the wave at the top of the website.

Type of wave How they are made Uses Dangers

Radio radios trasnmiting sound nonee

and video

Microwave
radiation with could kill you from the inside
heating things
atoms

Infrared

Visible

Ultraviolet
X-ray

Gamma