Abigail E. Sasuman
BS Civil Engineering, 1st Year
CHM012-B3
Assignment 1
1. In what ways are microwave and ultraviolet radiation the same? In what ways are
they
different?
-Microwave and ultraviolet radiation may differ in terms of production processes and
could be detected in specific ways, but both are fundamentally the same—both are
parts of the electromagnetic spectrum which means they share common properties,
such as having streams of photons which travels in a wave-like pattern at the speed
of light. They’re also aren’t visible to the naked eyes.
-Radiations are classified according to the amount of energy found in their photons.
The higher the frequency of the photon, the higher energy it also contains.
According to the Electromagnetic Spectrum, Ultraviolet has shorter amount of
wavelength compared to Microwave, which also means it has greater frequency.
With greater frequency, we could say photons in ultraviolet contain higher energy
than photons in microwave.
2. Consider the following types of electromagnetic radiation: (1) Microwave (2)
Ultraviolet
(3) Radio waves (4) Infrared (5) X-ray (6) Visible
(a) Arrange them in order of increasing wavelength.
(b) Arrange them in order of increasing frequency.
(c) Arrange them in order of increasing energy
Answers:
(a)Arrange them in order of increasing wavelength.
X-Ray, Ultraviolet, Visible, Infrared, Microwave, Radio waves
(b)Arrange them in order of increasing frequency.
Radio waves, Microwave, Infrared, Visible, Ultraviolet, X-Ray
(c) Arrange them in order of increasing energy.
Radio waves, Microwave, Infrared, Visible, Ultraviolet, X-Ray
