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The document is a practice worksheet for calculating properties of electromagnetic waves using provided equations and constants. It includes problems related to wavelength, frequency, and energy for various types of light and electromagnetic waves. Students are instructed to show their work and box their final answers.

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electromagnetic_spectrum_practice

The document is a practice worksheet for calculating properties of electromagnetic waves using provided equations and constants. It includes problems related to wavelength, frequency, and energy for various types of light and electromagnetic waves. Students are instructed to show their work and box their final answers.

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Name:_________________________

Date:________________Period:____
Electromagnetic Spectrum Practice

Directions: Complete the following problems using the equations and constants below. Show
your work for each problem and put a box around your final answers.

c = λν E = hν c = 3.00 x 108 m/s h = 6.63 x 10-34 J/Hz


Note: When using the equations above, your wavelength units MUST be in meters (m) and your
frequency units MUST be in hertz (Hz) or reciprocal seconds (s-1). Remember that 1 nm = 10-9 m.

1) Calculate the wavelength of violet light with a frequency of 7.50 x 1014 Hz.

2) Calculate the frequency of yellow light with a wavelength of 580 nm.

3) Calculate the wavelength of red light with a frequency of 4.60 x 1014 Hz.

4) Calculate the frequency of green light with a wavelength of 5.30 x 10-7 m.

5) The waves used by a microwave oven to cook food have a frequency of 2.45 x 109 Hz. Calculate
the energy of this type of wave.

6) A radio station has a frequency of 90.9 x 106 Hz. What is the wavelength of the waves the
station emits from its tower?
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Date:________________Period:____
7) An x-ray has a wavelength of 5.00 nm. What is the energy of x-rays?

8) The ultraviolet rays that cause sunburn are called UV-B rays. They have a wavelength of
approximately 3.0 x 10-7 m. What is the frequency of a UV-B ray?

9) Infrared waves from the sun are what make our skin feel warm on a sunny day. If an infrared
wave has a frequency of 3.0 x 1012 Hz, what is its energy?

10)Electromagnetic waves with the highest amount of energy are called gamma rays. Gamma rays
have wavelengths of less than 1.0 x 10-11 m. Calculate the frequency and energy that
correspond with this wavelength. Are these minimum or maximum frequency and energy of a
gamma ray?

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