ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE WAVELENGTH RANGE (meters)

Radio Wave >10-1 meters

Microwave 10-3 to 10-1 meters
Infrared 10-6 to 10-3 meters
Visible Light 10-7 meters
- RED 620-750 nm
- ORANGE 590-620 nm
- YELLOW 570-590 nm
- GREEN 495-570 nm
- BLUE 450-495 nm
- VIOLET 380-450 nm
Ultraviolet 10-7 - 10-8 meters
X-ray 10-8 to 10-12 meters
Gamma Ray < 10-12 meters

Q1. Which among the EM waves has the highest frequency?

Gamma rays have the highest frequency among the EM waves.

Q2. Which among the EM waves has the lowest frequency?

Radio waves have the lowest frequency among the EM waves.

Q3. The energy of an EM wave also depends on its frequency, which means waves with higher
frequency have higher energy too. Which among the EM waves has the highest energy?

Gamma rays have the highest energies, the shortest wavelengths, and the highest frequencies.

Q4. Which among the EM waves has the lowest energy?

Radio waves have the lowest energies, longest wavelengths, and lowest frequencies.

Q5. What happens to the frequency of the electronic magnetic waves as it progresses? Does the
frequency of the EM waves increase or decreases as we go from radio wave to gamma ray?

The wavelength, frequency, and energy change continuously across the electromagnetic spectrum. The
frequency of EM waves either increases or decreases as they progress. As the frequency increases, the
wavelength gets shorter but when the frequency decreases, the wavelength gets longer. The
designation of the electromagnetic spectrum shows how the EM waves are arranged from longest
wavelength to shortest which also shows which among the waves has the lowest and highest frequency
and energy.