EM Spectrum Word Search
Name:____________KEY_______________
Find the term in the puzzle that fits each clue given below. Then write the term on the line next to the clue
The terms read across, down and diagonally.
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1. Radio
Energy emitted into the air and received by your stereo.
2. Microwave
Energy from this type of wave will cook popcorn.
3. Stars
Large balls of gas that create and emit their own radiation.
4. Mass
The amount of matter in an object.
5. Infrared
This type of radiation is normally felt as heat.
6. Visible
The part of the spectrum that our eye can see.
7. Sun
A source of ultraviolet radiation for Earth.
8. Wavelength
The distance between adjacent peaks in a series of periodic waves.
9. Ultraviolet
This type of radiation is abbreviated as UV and causes a sunburn.
10. Second
A unit of time. Not a minute.
11. Xray
A doctor uses this type of wave to look at your bones.
12. Radiation
Energy radiated in the form of waves.
13. Spectrum
A name scientists give to the full range of types of radiation. (in title of word search)
14. Gammarays
Radioactive materials emit these and they have the shortest wavelength in the spectrum.
15. Frequency
Measured in cycles per second. (Hertz or Hz)