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Name: ____________________________________________ Period: ___________

Electromagnetic Spectrum Webquest

Go to the following website and answer the questions that follow: http://tinyurl.com/EMRadiation

1. What are some examples of electromagnetic waves?

2. How do these examples differ from each other?

3. What prodces electromagnetic waves?

!. Wh" are these waves also called #electromagnetic radiation?

$. Wh" does electromagnetic radiation have a #dal personalit"%?

&. What are the particles of electromagnetic radiation called?

'. Which of these particles have the highest energ"?

Go to the following website and answer the questions that follow:http://tinyurl.com/PartsOfWa!e

(. What is a crest? What is a trogh? )a*el these on the wave shown a*ove.

+. What is amplitde? )a*el this on the wave shown a*ove.

1,. What is wavelength? )a*el this on the wave shown a*ove.

11. What is fre-enc"?

12. How is fre-enc" sall" descri*ed?

13. n what nit is fre-enc" sall" stated/ and what is the a**reviation for this nit?

Go to the following website and answer the questions that follow: http://tinyurl.com/Wa!elength"requency

1!. 0t what speed do electromagnetic waves travel?

1$. How are fre-enc" and wavelength related?

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8/12/2019 Spectrum Webquest

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Name: ____________________________________________ Period: ___________

Electromagnetic Spectrum Webquest

Go to the following website and answer the questions that follow: http://tinyurl.com/P#SSpectrum

1&. What generates electromagnetic radiation?

1'. What carries electromagnetic radiation?

1(. How fast do these particles travel?

1+. How are these particles characteri5ed and how are these characteristics defined?

Click on Begin the Tour and answer the questions below.

2,. How is the field generated in a radio antenna?

21. How fast does the field radiate ot?

22. How is the radio portion of the spectrm divided?

Click Next: Microwae

23. What are the ses for microwave?

2!. Wh" did creating microwaves pose a challenge to engineers dring the 1+3,s?

2$. How do microwave ovens heat food?

2&. What wavelengths do stars emit?

2'. How are we a*le to see pictres of the stellar o*6ects that are in wavelengths other than visal?

Click Next: !nfrared

2(. What is infrared radiation also called?

2+. 7o all o*6ects give off infrared radiation/ and where does this radiation come from?

3,. How is the amont of infrared radiation an o*6ect emits related to the o*6ects temperatre?

31. What happens if an o*6ect/ lie a radiator/ contines to heat p?

32. What can "o clearl" mae ot when "o loo at the constellation 8rion in infrared?

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33. How mch of the electromagnetic spectrm is visi*le light?

3!. How long is the wavelength of visi*le light?

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Name: ____________________________________________ Period: ___________

Electromagnetic Spectrum Webquest

3$. What happens when atoms gain energ" then lose it again?

3&. arth9s atmosphere is transparent to what parts of the spectrm?

Click Next: #ltraiolet

3'. What is a good sorce of ltraviolet light?

3(. What can ltraviolet light *e sed for?

3+. an hmans see ltraviolet? What can?

!,. Wh" do we std" the n in the ltraviolet spectrm?

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!1. Who discovered ;