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by measuring the distance from crest to crest

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What determine the color of a light wave?

Its wavelength (or frequency).


How can you determine waves wavelength?

by measuring the distance from crest to crest.


What can be determine from the frequency and wavelength of a wave?

The velocity of the wave


Compared to the wavelength of ultraviolet waves the wavelength of infrared waves is?

Longer.


Which electromagnetic waves has the longest wavelength?

"radio waves" have longest wavelength..


What factors determine the amount of diffraction of light or spreading out of waves around corners of openings?

wavelength and diameter of aperture.


What is the measurement between waves?

Distance between two waves is known as wavelength. Out of all electromagnetic spectrum, radio waves have the longest wavelength and gamma rays have the shortest wavelength. Waves that have less wavelength are highly energetic.


What does the amplitude of a light wave determine?

The amplitude of a light wave shows the light's brightness relative to waves of similar wavelength.


How does the wavelength of infrared (IR) compare with the wavelength of Ultraviolet (UV) waves?

IR waves are longer than UV waves.


How does the wavelength of infrared compared the wavelength of ultraviolet waves?

Wavelength of infra red would be greater than that of ultra violet waves.


What kind of wave's wavelength compare to a cell?

a sound waves wavelength compares to a cell by comparing the waves one by the other. cells compared to wavelength are electromagnetic waves lol:)


How long is wavelength?

A wavelength is the distance between 2 successive waves (sound waves, ocean waves, or any other wave.)