Ch 4 - Light / Atomic Sprctra Flashcards
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What is the 2nd weakest wave used to track weather, and speeding cards?
A. Gamma rays
B. Radar waves
C. Infra red
Radar waves
Series of light energy waves that travel in a vacuum at a speed of 3.0x10^10 cm per second is what?
A. Microwaves
B. Atomic emissions
C. Electromagnetic radiation
Electromagnetic radiation
What consists of electromagnetic waves that travels in a vacuum at the speed of 3.0x10^8 m/s?
A. Visible light
B. Light
C. Spectra
Light
What are colors you can actually see called?
A. Visible light
B. Light
C. Line spectrum
Visible light
What is the spectrum of colors that you can see all of the colors and they blend into each other?
A. Continuous spectrum
B. Line spectrum
C. Electromagnetic radiation
Continuous spectrum
What is the space where no particles of matter exist?
A. Origin
B. Vacuum
C. Trough
Vacuum
What waves do you use to cook your food?
A. Microwaves
B. Radio waves
C. Ultra violet radiation
Microwaves
What waves come from the sun and change the DNA of your skin cells?
A. Gamma rays
B. Microwaves
C. Ultra violet rays
Ultraviolet rays
What is the type of radiation that is very harmful in high amounts?
A. Gamma rays
B. Microwaves
C. Radar waves
Gamma rays
What device is used to separate light into its separate wavelengths?
A. Spectra
B. Radio waves
C. Diffraction grating
Diffraction grating
What waves do you use to take pictures of your bones?
A. Gamma rays
B. Ultra violet radiation
C. X-rays
X-rays
What is another name for a line spectrum?
A. Infra red
B. Atomic emissions
C. Radar waves
Atomic emissions
What is the spectrum where only small strips of light can be seen?
A. Spectra
B. Line spectrum
C. Origin
Line spectrum
What is the place where the waves starts?
A. Microwaves
B. Spectra
C. Origin
Origin
What is the same element called that is the same element but has a different number of neurons and mass numbers?
A. Origin
B. Isotopes
C. Frequency
Isotopes
What is the distance from the origin on the wave to the top of it?
A. Amplitude
B. Wavelength
C. Trough
Amplitude
What is the amount of waves that pass a specific point in a certain amount of time?
A. Wavelength
B. Amplitude
C. Frequency
Frequency
White light produces what type of spectrum?
A. Line spectrum
B. Atomic emissions spectrum
C. Continuous spectrum
Continuous spectrum
What scientist discovered the electron?
A. Sir James Chadwick
B. Sir Joseph J. Thompson
C. Sir Earnest Rutherford
Sir Joseph J. Thompson
What color flame does Potassium produce?
A. Red
B. Yellow
C. Violet
Violet
What is the lowest point on a wave called?
A. Crest
B. Amplitude
C. Trough
Trough
What color has the longest wavelength?
A. Red
B. Violet
C. Yellow
Red
What color flame does copper make?
A. Red
B. Violet
C. Green
Green
What is inside of the atom that moves when energized?
A. Protons
B. Electrons
C. Neutrons
Electrons