Name: ______________________________ Section: __________________ Date: _________________

PROBLEM SET #1: Study the Electromagnetic Spectrum and Answer the questions that follows:

1. What is an Electromagnetic Spectrum?___________________

2. How many electromagnetic waves are found in the electromagnetic spectrum? _________________
3. Give the seven electromagnetic waves: _____________, _____________, _____________, ______________,
______________, _______________, ________________.
4. How the electromagnetic waves are arrange in the electromagnetic spectrum?
_____________________, ______________________
5. As you go from left to right across the electromagnetic spectrum what happens to the wavelength of the EM
waves? (wavelength represents the size of the wave express in meters) _____________
6. In each of the following pairs, choose the EM wave with the LONGER WAVELENGTH:
a. red light or blue light = ________________
b. microwaves or radio waves = ________________
c. infrared radiation or red light = ________________
d. gamma rays or UV radiation = ________________
e. microwave or infrared wave = ________________
7. As you go from left to right across the electromagnetic spectrum what happens to the frequency of the EM
waves? (frequency is the number of waves passing through a given point in one second expressed in
waves/second or Hertz-Hz ) _____________
8. In each of the following pairs, choose the EM wave with the GREATER FREQUENCY:
a. yellow light or green light = _________________
b. x-rays or gamma rays = _________________
c. UV radiation or violet light = _________________
d. AM radio waves or FM radio waves = _________________
e. Microwave or Yellow light = _________________
9. In each of the following pairs, choose the EM wave with the LOWER ENERGY (Energy is directly related to
frequency. The higher the frequency the greater the energy being carried by the EM waves)
a. red light or blue light = __________________
b. microwaves or radio waves = __________________
c. infrared radiation or red light = __________________
d. gamma rays or UV radiation = __________________
e. yellow light or green light = __________________
10. The type of EM wave with the shortest wavelength is the _________________.
11. The type of EM wave with the longest wavelength is the _________________.
12. The type of EM wave with the highest energy is the _________________.
13. The type of EM wave with the lowest energy is the _________________.
14. The EM waves our eyes can detect is known as ______________.
15. Arranged the EM waves from the Largest to the Smallest
__________, __________, __________, __________, __________, ___________, ___________