LIGHT WAVES ✨

Question 1

Speed of Light

Answer 1

300,000 kilometers/984,251,969 ft. per second

Question 2

Gamma Rays

Answer 2

They have the shortest wavelength and the fastest frequency, can kill living cells

Question 3

X rays

Answer 3

Can travel through most soft objects, but not hard

Question 4

Ultraviolet rays

Answer 4

Can cause chemical reactions to happen, causes skin tan

Question 5

Visible light

Answer 5

Waves we can see

Question 6

Infrared rays

Answer 6

Given off by hot objects, night goggles detect them

Question 7

Microwaves

Answer 7

Easy to control and direct

Question 8

Radio waves

Answer 8

They have the longest wavelength and the lowest frequency

Question 9

Absorption

Answer 9

Pigments absorb certain colors of light, the remaining colors of light are reflected

Question 10

Scattering

Answer 10

Occurs when light waves bounce off of an object in all directions

Question 11

Transparent

Answer 11

Allowing light to pass through

Question 12

Opaque

Answer 12

Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light

Question 13

Translucent

Answer 13

Permitting light to pass through, but not transparent

Question 14

White light

Answer 14

Mixture of all the colors in the visible spectrum

Question 15

Black light

Answer 15

Absorption of all colors

Question 16

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