Where does ultraviolet fall in the electromagnetic spectrum? Does it have shorter or longer wavelengths than visible light?
(This a review question. UV comes after violet in the visible light range and thus, has a shorter wavelength than visible light.) • Where do X rays fall in the electromagnetic spectrum? Do they have shorter or longer wavelengths than visible light? Than ultraviolet light? (X rays are at the end of the electromagnetic spectrum with the longest wavelengths. Thus, their wavelengths are longer than both visible and UV lights.) • If X rays show more detail than visible light, why do you think scientists still continue to take satellite pictures of the sun using visible light? (Each of the images shows different aspects of the sun. While X rays show details about the active vs. calm regions of the sun, visible light images detail the surface of the sun. These images used together give a more detailed picture of the sun that neither of these images could do alone.) Tell students that they will view a very short film that depicts the sun through white light, then red light, and finally through
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