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Vocabulary
Absorb - To take in or swallow up, what the color black does to light
Diffraction - Light wave spreading out as it goes through a narrow slit
Electromagnetic - A wave that contains both electric and magnetic components
Electromagnetic Spectrum - Energy transmitted in the form of electromagnetic waves (as heat waves, light waves, radio
waves, X-rays)
Frequency - How often something happens, like light waves moving up and down
Gamma Ray - The shortest wavelength
Infrared - Wavelength about the size of a pinpoint, it makes our cars hot on a sunny day
Light - Electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the human eye, we need it to see
Microwave - Wavelength with range of size from people to ant, sometimes used to pop popcorn
Radio Wave - Longest wavelength, the one that allows us to watch TV
Reflect - To bend or throw back waves of light, what a mirror does
ROYGBIV - Red-Orange-Yellow-Green-Blue-Indigo-Violet, the colors of the spectrum
Spectrum - Light that makes up the colors we see, a rainbow
Sun - Star that provides earth with heat and light
Ultraviolet - Wavelength about the size of molecules, the reason we wear sunscreen
Visible Light – Light that we can see
X-ray - Invisible light that allows us to see bones in our bodies
Electromagnetic Spectrum Crossword
Across
1. Light that we can see
3. Light wave spreading out as it goes through a narrow slit
4. Invisible light that allows us to see bones in our bodies
5. The shortest wavelength
7. Wavelength about the size of a pinpoint, it makes our cars hot on a sunny day
9. Star that provides earth with heat and light
10. Wavelength with range of size from people to ant, sometimes used to pop popcorn
13. Wavelength about the size of molecules, the reason we wear sunscreen
15. How often something happens, like light waves moving up and down
Down
2. A wave that contains both electric and magnetic components
6. Electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the human eye, we need it to see
8. Longest wavelength, the one that allows us to watch TV
9. Light that makes up the colors we see, a rainbow
11. To bend or throw back waves of light, what a mirror does
12. To take in or swallow up, what the color black does to light
14. Red-Orange-Yellow-Green-Blue-Indigo-Violet
Electromagnetic Spectrum Match Up
Write the letter of the correct definition next to each word.
1._______k_________Ultraviolet
a. Wavelength about the size of a pin point, it makes our
cars hot on a sunny day
2._______c_________ROYGBIV
b. Light wave spreading out as it goes through a narrow
slit
3._______h_________Reflect
c. Red-Orange-Yellow-Green-Blue-Indigo-Violet, the colors
of the spectrum
4.________e_______ Microwave
d. The shortest wavelength
5._______o________ Spectrum
e. Wavelength with range of size from people to ant,
sometimes used to pop popcorn
f.
6._______a________ Infrared
Electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the
human eye, we need it to see
7._______d________ Gamma Ray
g. To take in or swallow up, what the color
black does to light
8._______j________ Xray
h. To bend or throw back waves of light, what a
mirror does
9.______n_________Electromagnetic
Spectrum
i.
How often something happens, like light
waves moving up and down
j.
Invisible light that allows us to see bones in our bodies
10.______g_______ Absorb
11._______f______ Light
k. Wavelength about the size of molecules, the reason we
wear sunscreen
l.
Light that we can see
12._______i______ Frequency
m. Star that provides earth with heat and light
13._______b______ Diffraction
n. Energy in the form of electromagnetic waves (as heat waves,
light waves, radio waves, X-rays)
14.______m_______Sun
o. Light that makes up the colors we see, a rainbow
15._______p______ Radio Wave
p. Longest wavelength, the one that allows us to watch TV
16.______l_______ Visible Light
Electromagnetic Spectrum Word Search
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