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Yes, it is. Electromagnetic (EM) waves have frequency and amplitude (as well as polarity and a couple of other things), and because it has frequency, it can be distributed across a range of frequencies, or a spectrum - an electromagnetic spectrum. Light is a range of frequencies in what we call the optical or visible range. It is bounded on the lower end (lower frequency, lower energy, longer wavelength) by infrared (IR) light, and on the upper end (higher frequency, higher energy, shorter wavelength) by ultraviolet (UV) light.
Yes. Light is also called a "electromagnetic wave"

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Short answer is Yes, it is the same thing.

Light is electromagnetic radiation, particularly radiation of a wavelength that is visible to the human eye.
Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism state that light is EM radiation.

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yes because light does not need matter to travel through

yes this answer is right because I am looking at my sci. book and that is what is says

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Yes, however, your eye does not pick up the "wave length." It picks up the radiation from that wave length.

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No. The light bulb itself isn't any kind of energy. But the heat and light that come

from it when it's turned on are both excellent examples of electromagnetic energy.

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Is light the same thing as electromagnetic radiation?

Yes, visible light makes up the middle region of the Electromagnetic spectrum. Therefore, light is a form electromagnetic radiation.


How is visible light and electromagnetic radiation different?

They are not different.Visible light IS electromagnetic radiation.


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