Skip to content
MathsGenie logo
Quick links
Open app

Course home

  1. IGCSE
  2. Physics Edexcel
  3. Question bank

The electromagnetic spectrum

EasyMediumHard
1234567891011121314151617181920212223
Question 19

Which row in the table correctly identifies a region of the electromagnetic spectrum, a typical wavelength of radiation in that region, and the corresponding energy of a single photon of that wavelength in a vacuum?

Spectral RegionWavelength / mPhoton Energy / JAInfrared2.5×10−68.0×10−20BUltraviolet1.5×10−74.4×10−27CX-ray8.0×10−72.5×10−19DMicrowave5.0×10−34.0×10−25 \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|} \hline & \text{Spectral Region} & \text{Wavelength / m} & \text{Photon Energy / J} \\ \hline \text{A} & \text{Infrared} & 2.5 \times 10^{-6} & 8.0 \times 10^{-20} \\ \hline \text{B} & \text{Ultraviolet} & 1.5 \times 10^{-7} & 4.4 \times 10^{-27} \\ \hline \text{C} & \text{X-ray} & 8.0 \times 10^{-7} & 2.5 \times 10^{-19} \\ \hline \text{D} & \text{Microwave} & 5.0 \times 10^{-3} & 4.0 \times 10^{-25} \\ \hline \end{array} ABCD​Spectral RegionInfraredUltravioletX-rayMicrowave​Wavelength / m2.5×10−61.5×10−78.0×10−75.0×10−3​Photon Energy / J8.0×10−204.4×10−272.5×10−194.0×10−25​​

Row A

Row B

Row C

Row D

The electromagnetic spectrum Questions

  1. IGCSE
  2. /Physics
  3. /The electromagnetic spectrum