answersLogoWhite

0

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.

User Avatar

Wiki User

7y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What is one type of electromagnetic radiation?

Light is the most common form of electromagnetic radiation that you see in your daily life.


The Sun transfers most of its heat by means of?

Convection and radiation (internally) and radiation (externally).


What electromagnetic waves are the most energized?

Gamma Radiation


What carries electromagnetic radiation?

Electromagnetic radiation is carried by electromagnetic waves.


Which wavelength of electromagnetic radiation carries the most energy?

Gamma rays have the highest energy of all electromagnetic radiation wavelengths.


Most of the sun's energy reaches earth as?

Electromagnetic radiation.


how does the energy from space the sun travel through space to the earth?

Radiation is the transfer of heat energy through space by electromagnetic radiation. Most of the electromagnetic radiation that comes to the earth from the sun is invisible. ... In electromagnetic radiation, its frequency is the number of electromagnetic waves moving past a point each second.


The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves?

The waves that are the most infictint are the seismic waves


What is a packet of electromagnetic radiation called?

The packet of electromagnetic radiation is the photon.


What is transferred by electromagnet waves?

Electromagnetic radiation is transferred by electromagnetic waves. Electromagnetic radiation is a fundamental phenomenon of electromagnetism.


Which wavelenth of electromagnetic radiation carries the most energy?

Gamma rays.


What type of wave is radiation?

EM radiation is short for electromagnetic radiation. It is a wave in the electric and magnetic fields.EM radiation is short for electromagnetic radiation. It is a wave in the electric and magnetic fields.EM radiation is short for electromagnetic radiation. It is a wave in the electric and magnetic fields.EM radiation is short for electromagnetic radiation. It is a wave in the electric and magnetic fields.