Electromagnetic waves Questions and Answers

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Electromagnetic wavesWhat would be the approximate speed of an EM wave expressed in terms of the unit of Earth's circumference (4.01 x 10^7 m).
A. 5 units
B. 10 units
C. 13 units
D. 7.5 units

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Electromagnetic wavesConsider a plane electromagnetic wave that is traveling vertically downward with its electric field pointing East-West. In what direction(s) does the magnetic field point?
A. East-West
B. Magnetic field not predictable
C. Up-down
D. North-South

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Electromagnetic wavesArranging electromagnetic (EM) waves in an order of lower to higher frequencies may categorize these rays as below:
A. Radio waves, infra red waves, visible waves, ultraviolet waves, X-ray waves, gamma ray waves
B. Radio waves, infra red waves, ultraviolet waves, visible waves, X-ray waves, gamma ray waves
C. Radio waves, infra red waves, ultraviolet waves, visible waves, X-ray waves, gamma- ray waves
D. Infra red waves, radio visible waves, ultraviolet waves, gamma-ray waves, X-ray waves

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Electromagnetic wavesA photon has 5.70 eV of energy. What is the photon's wavelength? (h = 6.626 x 10-19, 1 eV = 1.6 x 10-¹⁹ J)
218 nm
428 nm
345 nm
677 nm

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Electromagnetic waves8. _______ showed that light particles are bundles of electromagnetic energy.
Heisenberg
Bohr
Oppenheimer
Planck

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Electromagnetic wavesThree identical balls are placed on a frictionless horizontal surface touching each other. They stick to each other because of adhesive. Another ball of same radius and mass mis placed over the void created by the three balls. Find the forces applied by the balls kept on the floor to each other if the system remains in equilibrium.

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Electromagnetic wavesDuring normal beating, the heart creates a maximum 4.20-mV potential across 0.270 m of a person's chest, creating a 1.00-Hz electromagnetic wave.
(a) What is the maximum electric field strength created?
V/m
(b) What is the corresponding maximum magnetic field strength in the electromagnetic wave?
T
(c) What is the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave?
m

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Electromagnetic wavesYou've entered the Great Space Race. Your engines are hearty enough to keep you in second place. While racing, the person in front of you begins to have engine troubles and turns on his emergency lights that emit at a frequency of 5.510 x 10^14 Hz. If the person in front of you is traveling 2608 km/s faster than you when he turns on his lights, what is the frequency of the emergency lights that you observe when it reaches you in your spaceship? (Enter your answer to four significant figures.)
Hz

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Electromagnetic wavesA certain 60.0 Hz AC power line radiates an electromagnetic wave having a maximum electric field strength of 24.0 kv/m.
(a) What is the wavelength of this very low frequency electromagnetic wave?
m
(b) What is its maximum magnetic field strength?
T

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Electromagnetic wavesBe sure to review Example 23.3 before attempting these problems.
A sinusoidal electromagnetic wave is traveling in the + direction. It has a period of 2 μs, and its
magnetic-field magnitude is 1 x 10-2 T. Write down the equation for the magnitude of the wave's
electric field vector E.
Express your answer in volts per meter in terms of t, π and z. Express the coefficients using three signature figures.

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Electromagnetic wavesThe Curiosity Rover has recently landed on Mars and likes to send Twitter updates on its progress. If a tweet is posted 11 minutes after it was sent, how far is Curiosity from Earth? (Assume there is no network lag.)

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Electromagnetic wavesMrs. Spencer took out a loan to pay for a car. She was required to pay 12.25% interest, compounded monthly, on the unpaid balance of her loan. She borrowed $20,000 and made no payments for five years. How much did she owe at the end of five years (with interest added)?

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Electromagnetic wavesTony uses the device shown in the diagram to model how an electromagnet is used in his uncle’s scrap metal yard.
After picking up several staples with the device, what change would enable Tony to drop the staples in the scrap metal bin?
removing the battery
removing the iron nail
moving the wire loops closer together
spreading the wire loops farther apart

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Electromagnetic wavesLight Wavelength, Frequency, and Colors: Of the six colors of the spectrum (ROYGBIV), which color represents a light wave with the highest frequency? Which color represents a wavelength withthe greatest wavelength? Which color represents a wavelength with the greatest energy? If the wavelength of a light wave is doubled, does the frequency increase or decrease, and by what factor?

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Electromagnetic wavesAs you sit in a fishing boat, you notice that 12 waves pass the boat every 45 s. If the distance from one crest to the next is 5.0 m, what is the speed of these waves?
3.8 m/s
.1 m/s
2.8 m/s
1.3 m/s

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Electromagnetic wavesQuestion 13
In a double-slit experiment, it is observed that the distance between two adjacent maxima on a screen is 2 mm.
What happens to the distance between adjacent maxima when the wavefength of light is reduced by half (i.e., the wavelength is smaller by a factor of 2)?
The distance decreases to about 1 mm
The distance remains at about 2 mm
The distance increases to about 4 mm