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Electromagnetic Spectrum and Light

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What are photons?   Individual particles of light  
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What is another name for light?   Electromagnetic wave  
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True or false - All light travels at the different speed   False - The light travels at the same speed of light, regardless of different types.  
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Range the electromagnetic waves from shortest wavelength to longest wavelength-   1-Gamma rays 2-X-Rays 3-Ultraviolet 4-Visible light 5-Infrared 6-Radio  
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True or false - The wave with the highest frequency and shortest wavelength has the greater amount of energy   True  
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Gamma rays to radio waves are all types of ___________   Electromagnetic radiation  
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What is thermal radiation?   Energy that an opaque object, like a planet, produce based on its temperature.  
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What is a Stefan-Boltzmann law?   A law which stated that the higher the energy, the more radiation a star gives off at any wavelength  
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What is Wein's Law?   The closer the star is to blue, the hotter, thus higher energy.  
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According to Wein's Law, how hot is the red temperature?   Cooler  
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According to Stefan-Boltzmann law, why doesn't the object emit much radiation?   The object doesn't have the highest energy.  
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