Legacy 8AB: Electromagnetic Spectrum

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The distance between crests of waves, such as those of the electromagnetic spectrum.



Colors of white light


Radio waves

Longest waves, television, radio, satallites


Heat food by spreading atoms

infrared waves

Heat waves, also used in remote controls

visible waves

waves that we see (visible light)

ultraviolet waves

higher frequency than visible light - causes skin cancer

x-ray waves

passes through skin, used to look at bones

gamma waves

shortest wavelength,most energy

longest wave

Radio waves

shortest wave

gamma waves

white light

all the colors of the rainbow

'color' that absorbs all colors


'color' that reflects all colors


highest frequency / highest energy waves


lowest frequency / lowest energy waves

radio waves

types of waves produced by stars

All waves


a device that uses a prism or diffraction grating made of thousands of closely spaced parallel slits to separate light into its color components


energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles

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