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Physics Test
Electromagnet wave

Circle the correct answer.

1. Put in order of increasing wavelength the 5. Which of the sets of electromagnetic waves are
electromagnetic waves: gamma, radio and ultra correctly arranged under their typical
violet. wavelength values?
A. gamma, radio, ultra violet 1 pm 100 pm 0.6 m 3m
B. radio, ultra violet, gamma. A. Gamma X-rays Visible Radio
C. ultra violet, radio, gamma rays Light
D. gamma, ultra violet, radio B. X-rays Gamma Visible Radio
rays Light
2. Put in order of increasing frequency the C X-rays Ultra- Infra-red Radio
electromagnetic waves: ultra violet, yellow and violet Light
infra red. light
A. ultra violet, yellow, infra red D. Gamma Ultra- Visible Infra-
B. yellow infra red, ultra violet rays violet Light Red light
C. infra red, yellow, ultra violet light
D. ultra violet, infra red, yellow

3. Which of the following is not a property of

6. Which electromagnetic wave has the following
electromagnetic waves?
properties?
i. Sources include the sun, warm and hot
A. Waves require a medium through which to
objects
travel.
ii. Uses include heating, photography
B. Waves travel at 3.0 108 m/s in a vacuum.
through haze and fog
C. Waves transfer energy from one place to another.
iii. Detectors include special photography
D. Waves are transverse and can be polarized.
film and semiconductor devices such as
LDR and photodiodes
4. Radiation from a source was analysed as
follows
A. Gamma rays
Type: transverse
B. Ultra violet light
Speed: 3 x 108 m/s
C. Infrared light
Wavelength: 3 cm
D. Visible light
The radiation is most likely
A. Microwaves
7. Radio transmissions are received on Earth from
B. Sound waves
a space probe that is orbiting Mars. This is
C. Ultra- Violet waves
evidence that electromagnetic waves
D. Water waves
A. A. travel faster than sound waves.
B. have a range of frequencies
C. can travel without a medium.
D. all have the same speed.
8. Which of the following statements is
correct for comparing gamma rays and
radio waves?

A. They have the same wavelength

B. They can undergo refraction and
diffraction
C. Neither of them is visible
D. They travel slower than white light.

9. Which graph best shows the relationship

between the frequency and wavelength of
electromagnetic waves?

10. For electromagnetic waves with wavelength of

the order of 10 -14 m, which of the following
name applies?
A. Gamma rays
B. X-rays
C. Ultra violet
D. Radio waves