The Electromagnetic spectrum

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What are electromagnetic radiations?
Electromagnetic radiations are electric and magnetic disturbances. They travel as waves and move energy from place to place.
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Do electromagnetic waves travel through a vacuum?
All electromagnetic waves travel through a vacuum (e.g. space) at the same speed
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What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
All of the waves together are called the electromagnetic spectrum.
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What makes up the electromagneitc spectrum (in order of increasing wavelength)
Spectrum: Gamma Rays, X-Rays, Ultraviolet, Visible, Infrared, Microwaves, Radio Waves
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Does the electromagnetic spectrum stop?
The electromagnetic spectrum is continuous.
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How are different wavelengths reflected, absorbed or transmitted?
Different Wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum are reflected, absorbed or transmitted differently by different substances and types of surface
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The [what] the frequency of an electromagnetic wave, the more energy it transfers?
The higher the frequency of an electromagnetic wave, the more energy it transfers
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What is the wave speed that electromagnetic waves travel through a vacuum at?
All electromagnetic waves travel through space at a wave speed of 300 million m/s
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Do electromagnetic waves travel through a vacuum?

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All electromagnetic waves travel through a vacuum (e.g. space) at the same speed

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What is the electromagnetic spectrum?

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What makes up the electromagneitc spectrum (in order of increasing wavelength)

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Does the electromagnetic spectrum stop?

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