1. A material that can emit pulses of infrared light to control electronic devices.
Answer: Infrared remote/Remote control
2. The scientist who demonstrated that a changing electric field produces a magnetic field.
Answer: Michael Faraday
3. The process by which electromagnetic waves transfer energy through a vacuum.
Answer: Radiation
4. Scientist who formulated the theory of electromagnetic waves and predicted their speed.
Answer: James Clerk Maxwell
5. The term used to describe the distance between two consecutive crests of a wave.
Answer: Wavelength
6. The part of the electromagnetic spectrum with the highest frequency.
Answer: Gamma ray
7. What is the term for waves that are created due to vibrations between an electric field and a
magnetic field?
Answer: Electromagnetic wave
8. Scientist who discovered the relationship between electricity and magnetism.
Answer: Hans Christian Oersted
9. Electromagnetic radiation that can be seen by the human eye.
Answer: Visible Light
10. The lowest point of a wave
Answer: Trough
11. What is the term for the amount of waves passing a point per second?
Answer: Frequency
12. What device uses radio waves to generate images of the inside of the body?
Answer: MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
13. What is the term for the energy a wave carries, often measured from its midpoint to its crest or
trough?
Answer: Amplitude
14. Which type of EM wave has wavelength similar to the size of a 1-peso coin?
Answer: Microwave
15. What do you call to the gradual arrangement of the different types of EM waves. From lowest to
the highest frequency.
Answer: Electromagnetic spectrum
True or False (ELECTRO = TRUE , MAGNETIC = FALSE)
1. Electromagnetic waves are produced by the vibration of magnetic fields only.
Answer: False (produced by both electric and magnetic field vibrations)
2. Electromagnetic waves travel at different speeds in a vacuum.
Answer: False
3. Higher frequency electromagnetic waves carry more energy.
Answer: True
4. Radio waves are used for cooking in microwave ovens.
Answer: False (Microwaves are used)
5. Electromagnetic waves need a medium to propagate.
Answer: True
6. Ultraviolet radiation can cause the formation of vitamin D in the skin.
Answer: True
7. The speed of light in a vacuum is approximately 3 x 10^8 meters per second.
Answer: True
8. A higher frequency corresponds to a shorter wavelength.
Answer: True
9. Gamma rays have the longest wavelength in the electromagnetic spectrum.
Answer: False (Radio wave has the longest wavelength)
10. Crest it the term for the highest point of a wave.
Answer: True
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is NOT a use of microwaves?
A. Cooking food
B. Satellite communication
C. Treating cancer
D. RADAR
2. Which of the following is a property of electromagnetic waves?
A. They can only travel through a medium.
B. They have different speeds depending on the medium.
C. They cannot travel through a vacuum.
D. They do not carry energy.
3. The relationship between wavelength, frequency, and energy in EM waves is:
A. As wavelength increases, frequency decreases, and energy increases.
B. As wavelength decreases, frequency and energy decrease.
C. As wavelength decreases, frequency increases, and energy increases.
D. Wavelength and frequency have no relationship to energy.
4. Which color of visible light has the longest wavelength?
A. Blue
B. Green
C. Red
D. Violet
5. Which property of electromagnetic waves allows radio waves to travel long distances?
A. High energy
B. Long wavelength
C. Short wavelength
D. High frequency