There is a simple answer and a complicated answer. The simple anser is, "Neither", the complicated answer is , "It depends."
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Both a wave with long wavelength and a wave with short wavelength can have a lot of energy, or little energy.Specifically in the case of electromagnetic waves, a short wavelength corresponds to high energy - but this is only the energy PER PHOTON. But note that each of such waves usually consists of a lot of photons.
Short wavelength wave carry not energy (in proportion to their frequency.)
It may be called the pitch, the frequency, or the wavelength.A low-pitched sound has a low frequency and a long wavelength.A high-pitched sound has a high frequency and a short wavelength.
false
it cannot be seen
Short wavelength
Both a wave with long wavelength and a wave with short wavelength can have a lot of energy, or little energy.Specifically in the case of electromagnetic waves, a short wavelength corresponds to high energy - but this is only the energy PER PHOTON. But note that each of such waves usually consists of a lot of photons.
Short wavelength wave carry not energy (in proportion to their frequency.)
Short wavelengths.
The color of visible light with the longest wavelength is red; the color with the shortest is violet. So "ROY G. BIV" lists the colors from long to short wavelength. Just to confuse you, we'll also mention that it lists them from lowest to highest frequency.
Scattering of light
I looked it up in my physics text book and it says that the wavelength is too long to be seen by the human eye.
The wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation extend from any long wavelength, withno upper limit no matter how long, continuously through all possible wavelengths, withno gaps, down to any short wavelength, with no lower limit no matter how short.
It may be called the pitch, the frequency, or the wavelength.A low-pitched sound has a low frequency and a long wavelength.A high-pitched sound has a high frequency and a short wavelength.
No. The speed of light is the same for long wave and short wave light. c=fw where w is the wavelength and f is the frequency. The speed c is a constant. The frequency is different for different wavelengths. High frequency for short waves and low frequency for long waves.
I looked it up in my physics text book and it says that the wavelength is too long to be seen by the human eye.
I looked it up in my physics text book and it says that the wavelength is too long to be seen by the human eye.