Ranking Task: The Electromagnetic Spectrum

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Ranking Task: The Electromagnetic Spectrum

Learning Goal: To understand how the major forms of light differ in wavelength, frequency, and energy. Introduction. The complete range of all possible forms of light is called the electromagnetic spectrum, so-named because light carries both electric and magnetic fields. Recall that light behaves as both a particle and a wave; we say that light comes in particle-like "pieces" called photons, but that each photon is characterized by a wavelength and a frequency. Part A We divide the electromagnetic spectrum into six major categories of light, listed below. Rank these forms of light from left to right in order of increasing wavelength. To rank items as equivalent, overlap them. Options: radio waves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays.
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Shortest wavelength. (1.) gamma rays. (2.) X-rays. (3.) ultraviolet. (4.) visible light. (5.) infrared. (6.) radio waves. Longest wavelength. Correct Notice that these wavelengths span an enormous range. The wavelengths of gamma rays can be smaller than the size of an atomic nucleus, while the wavelengths of radio waves can be many meters (or even kilometers) long. Visible light spans only a very narrow range of wavelengths, from about 400 nanometers at the blue (violet) end to about 700 nanometers at the red end.
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