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As you go from left to right across the spectrum what happens to the frequency and energy of the waves?
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∙ 7y ago
As you go farther right down the spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared waves, visible light, ultraviolet light, x-rays, and gamma rays), the waves' wavelengths decrease as their frequencies decrease. For example, x-rays have a shorter wavelength and higher frequency than ultraviolet light. Radio waves on the left end have the longest wavelength and shortest frequency, while gamma rays on the right end have the shortest wavelength and highest frequency.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 10y agoleft longer so it's slower and right is shorterso it's faster
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∙ 9y agoWhat is the spectrum shown as? Guess: long wavelengths on the left and short wavelengths on the right (frequeny increases as you move to the right)
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∙ 7y agoAs you go from the gamma rays to radio waves, the frequency and energy decreases.
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∙ 12y agothey get longer
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What part of the electromagnetic spectrum has the greatest frequency?
If by greatest frequency you mean highest frequency, we know that the upper end of the electromagnetic spectrum has the greatest frequency. This is the home to the gamma rays. They have the highest frequency, shortest wavelength, and the greatest energy.
What is color absorption?
Absorption spectroscopy refers to spectroscopic techniques that measure the absorption of radiation, as a function of frequency or wavelength, due to its interaction with a sample. The sample absorbs energy, i.e., photons, from the radiating field. The intensity of the absorption varies as a function of frequency, and this variation is the absorption spectrum. Absorption spectroscopy is performed across the electromagnetic spectrum.
White light can be separated into spectrum of colors because each color of light?
Has a different wavelength and energy. At the red end of the spectrum the wavelength is longer and frequency is lower, it will be less easily refracted than light towards the blue end of the spectrum, which is higher in frequency and has a shorter wavelength. The separation of the colours is called dispersion.
How does energy associated with waves change as wavelength changes?
Using this equation will help you understand what is going on: E=hc/wavelength h and c are constants. As wavelength increases, energy decreases. This is why UV radiation (which has a very small wavelength) has more energy than visible radiation, and this is also why UV radiation causes damage to living things
What part of the electromagnetic spectrum has the most energy?
The waves with higher frequencies have more energy and the gamma rays have the most energy in the electromagnetic spectrum
Explain the effects on frequency wavelength and energy as you move across the spectrum?
E=hv where E=energy v=frequency v=Planck's constant as you move further towards the xray side, frequency and energy increase.
Which type of em spectrum has the highest wavelength?
The energy of EM radiation depends on its frequency, and the lowest frequency corresponds to the lowest energy. Radio waves are at the low end of the energy and frequency spectrum.
Do gamma rays carry the least amount of energy of the EM waves?
No, the most. Remember, as you go from radio waves to gamma rays across the spectrum, the frequency and energy increases.
As the wavelength of a wave increases on the electromagnetic spectrum what happens to the energy of the wave?
As a wavelength increases in size, its frequency and energy (E) decrease.
How does the amount of energy carried by electromagnetic waves vary by frequency?
You are asking two Questions at once: How does the energy of the different waves of the spectrum vary with frequency? and How does the energy of the different waves of the spectrum vary with wave length? f (Frequency) = c / Lambda.
What is electrmagnetic spectrum?
Electromagnetic spectrum is a diagram that show the range, or spectrum of electromagnetic waves, in order of wavelength, frequency and energy.
How do waves in the electromagnetic spectrum differ?
They differ:* By their frequency * By their wavelength, which is inversely proportional to their frequency * By the energy per photon, which is proportional to the frequency
Which wave of the electromagnetic spectrum carries the most energy?
The ones with the highest frequency.
What part of the electromagnetic spectrum has the greatest frequency?
If by greatest frequency you mean highest frequency, we know that the upper end of the electromagnetic spectrum has the greatest frequency. This is the home to the gamma rays. They have the highest frequency, shortest wavelength, and the greatest energy.
What is the elctromagnetic background?
The constant noise in the electromagnetic spectrum, caused by various sources, from lightning on Jupiter to someone using an electric razor. There is electromagnetic energy present across the frequency spectrum, which is called 'noise' because it carries no intelligence that we can discern.
What is the highest frequency on the em spectrum?
I don't think there is a limit, as to how high the frequency can get. The EM waves of the highest energy (and frequency) are called "gamma rays".
Do the waves of the electromagnetic spectrum carry the same amount of energy?
No. The energy depends on the frequency of the wave Energy= hf=hc/r.
