Question 1

What is light?

Accepted Answer

An electromagnetic wave

Answer

Something that can't travel through a vacuum

Answer

A longitudinal wave

Answer

A liquid

Question 2

Which electromagnetic wave has the longest wavelength?

Accepted Answer

Radio waves

Answer

Microwaves

Answer

Gamma waves

Answer

Visible light

Question 3

Which electromagnetic wave has the most energy?

Accepted Answer

Gamma rays

Answer

Radio waves

Answer

Ultraviolet

Answer

Visible light

Question 4

Which of these electromagnetic waves COULD cause cancer?

Accepted Answer

Ultraviolet, X-rays and Gamma rays

Answer

X-rays

Answer

Radio waves and microwaves

Answer

Radio waves, microwaves, infrared and visible light

Question 5

Which electromagnetic waves does this remote control use?

Accepted Answer

Infra-red

Answer

Ultraviolet

Answer

X-rays

Answer

Gamma-rays

Question 6

Which kind of wave is this rope modelling?

Accepted Answer

Transverse wave

Answer

Sound wave

Answer

Pressure wave

Answer

Longitudinal wave

Question 7

Which kind of wave is this slinky modelling?

Accepted Answer

Longitudinal wave

Answer

Transverse wave

Answer

Electromagnetic wave

Answer

Light wave

Question 8

What is one advantage of using a ripple tank instead of a slinky to model a wave?

Accepted Answer

It can show refraction

Answer

It can show reflection

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It can show the movement of particles compared to the wave

Answer

It has a fixed frequency

Question 9

These waves are adding up when they are put together.  What is the key word for this?

Accepted Answer

Superpose

Answer

Absorption

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Combining

Answer

Transmission

Question 10

s (transverse) and p (longitudinal) waves are used to investigate the structure of the Earth.  But, where do they come from?

Accepted Answer

Earhquakes

Answer

Space

Answer

The Sun

Answer

Nuclear explosion

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