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What happens to the frequency and energy carried by an electromagnetic wave as the wavelength decreases?
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Shorter wavelength indicates higher frequency and higher energy per photon.
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What happens to the amount of energy that can be carried as the wavelength decreased?
As wavelength decreases, energy increases, because the two are inversely related. Conversely, as wavelength decreases, frequency increases.
Is this true or false the shorter the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation the more energy carried by the wave?
This is true. Each photon carries more energy when it has shorter wavelength / higher frequency.
What happens to the energy carried by electromagnetic waves as the wavelength gets shorter?
energy
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.
How does the various kinds of EM waves differ from each other?
They differ in frequency. (That's exactly the same thing as saying that they differ in wavelength, since frequency and wavelength are firmly connected.) (That's also the same thing as saying that they differ in the quantity of energy carried by each photon, since the amount of energy carried by each photon is firmly connected to frequency.)
What happens to the amount of energy that can be carried as the wavelength decreased?
As wavelength decreases, energy increases, because the two are inversely related. Conversely, as wavelength decreases, frequency increases.
Is this true or false the shorter the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation the more energy carried by the wave?
This is true. Each photon carries more energy when it has shorter wavelength / higher frequency.
Do red waves orange waves blue waves or radio waves have a higher rate of energy?
Higher energy is carried by electromagnetic radiation with higher frequency (shorter wavelength). Of the items listed in the question, the one with the highest frequency (shortest wavelength) is blue light.
What is the difference among radio waves and other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum?
Their wavelength (or frequency), the energy carried by each photon, and the names we give them. Their speeds are all the same.
What is the difference among radio waves microwaves and other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.?
Their wavelength (or frequency), the energy carried by each photon, and the names we give them. Their speeds are all the same.
What is the difference among radio waves microwaves and other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum?
Their wavelength (or frequency), the energy carried by each photon, and the names we give them. Their speeds are all the same.
What happens to the energy carried by electromagnetic waves as the wavelength gets shorter?
energy
When the energy carried by high-frequency and low-frequency electromagnetic waves?
Your question makes no sense.
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.
How does the various kinds of EM waves differ from each other?
They differ in frequency. (That's exactly the same thing as saying that they differ in wavelength, since frequency and wavelength are firmly connected.) (That's also the same thing as saying that they differ in the quantity of energy carried by each photon, since the amount of energy carried by each photon is firmly connected to frequency.)
What is the most enegetic electromagnetic radiation?
Electromagnetic radiation, or light, is a form of energy. Light travels in waves at a constant speed, and so it always has a wavelenghth and a corresponding frequency. As the wavelength gets shorter, the frequency increases. As the frequency increases, the amount of energy carried per photon increases. Another word for frequency, when talking about light, is color. The visible frequencies of light range from red to violet, with red having the lowest frequency/largest wavelength and violet having the highest frequency/shortest wavelength. There are many times more frequencies of light that cannot be seen than can. Going more energetic from violet, you have ultraviolet (UV), X-rays, and gamma rays. Gamma rays are every color of light higher than a certain frequency, and so you could theoretically have a color of light with infinite energy in one photon, and it would still be a gamma ray.
What is the difference between ultraviolet and infrared lights?
Wavelength, frequency, and energy carried by each photon (light quantum).
