Electromagnetic Radiation and Light Vocabulary Quiz

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Electromagnetic Radiation and Light Vocabulary
Quiz

• You will have 40 Seconds to write the correct
  term on your answer sheet.

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Type of Radio wave with the shortest
wavelengthCan be used for cooking
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Describes an object that can be seen because it
is producing its own light.Examples include the
sun, a fire, or a lightbulb
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The entire range of types of electromagnetic
radiation
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Describes an object that reflects or absorbs all
the light that hits it.Light cannot pass
through.
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Type of electromagnetic wave with a frequency
higher than visible light.Gets absorbed by
ozone in the stratosphere.Can cause skin cancer
and sunburn
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A curved piece of glass or transparent material
that is used to refract light
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Describes a material that scatters light as it
passes through.Light is transmitted but you
cannot see an image.
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Electromagnetic waves with the shortest
wavelength and the highest frequency
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A device that produces coherent light.
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Happens when parallel rays of light strike a
smooth surface and all rays reflect off at the
same angle.You will be able to see an image.
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Type of lens which is thinner in the middle than
at the ends
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Type of electromagnetic wave that is longer than
red light.It is given off by the Earth and all
objects around room temperature
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Describes an object that can be seen because it
reflects light.The moon or this sheet of paper
are examples.
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Reflects light with a surface that curves
inward.Looking into the bowl of a spoon.
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Describes a material that allows light to pass
through.You will see an image through the
object.Glass or water are examples.
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A flat surface that reflects light so you can see
a upright virtual image that is the same size as
the object.
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Type of electromagnetic wave that can be seen by
the human eye.Is composed of ROYGBIV
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Type of short wave radiation Shorter than
ultraviolet but longer than gamma rays.Is used
in medicine for imaging.
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Type of lens that is thicker in the middle than
at the edges
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Energy that travels through space in the form of
electromagnetic waves.Does not require a medium
to travel
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Electromagnetic waves with the longest wavelength
and the lowest frequency.Used in communication
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A mirror with a surface that curves
outward.Looking at the back of a spoon
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Answers

• Microwave
• Luminous
• Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Opaque
• Ultraviolet ray
• Lens
• Translucent
• Gamma ray
• Laser
• Regular Reflection
• Concave lens

• Infrared ray
• Illuminated
• Concave mirror
• Transparent
• Plane mirror
• Visible light
• X-ray
• Convex lens
• Electromagnetic radiation
• Radio wave
• Convex mirror