GRADE 10 SCIENCE

2018-2019
WORKSHEET # 1

DIRECTION. Answer the following questions.

1) Identify regions 1 and 2 from the diagram above. [2

pts]
ANSWER: The first region is the Radio wave and the
second region is the UV rays.
2) Choose the correct phrase in each bracket below. [3
pts]
a) Visible light travels [faster than / at the same
speed as / slower than] radio waves.
ANSWER: Visible light travels at the same speed as radio
waves.
b) The frequency of visible light is [higher than /
the same as / lower than] the frequency of X-rays.
ANSWER: The frequency of visible light is lower than
the frequency of X-rays.
c) The wavelength of visible light is [longer than
/ the same as / shorter than] the wavelength of radio
waves.
ANSWER: The wavelength of visible light is shorter than
the wavelength of radio waves.
3. Radio waves, microwaves, infra-red and visible light
are all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum that are
used for communication.
a) State one property that they all have in
common. [1 pt]
ANSWER: The radio waves, microwaves, infrared and
visible light have long wavelengths than UV ray, X-ray,
and Gamma rays.
b) State one way in which they are different from
one another. [1 pt]
ANSWER: The radio waves, microwaves, infrared and
visible light differ in properties like frequencies and
energies. Radio waves has lower frequency and energy
next to microwaves, infrared, and visible light,that
has higher frequency and energies among the three.
4. Microwaves are a type of electromagnetic radiation.
They are reflected from metals but can pass through
glass, pottery and some plastics.
Most food cooked in a microwave oven has a high water
content, which readily absorbs the microwave energy
producing a rapid rise in temperature. This results in
the food being cooked quickly.
a) i) Explain why the choice of container for the
food is important in microwave cookery. [2 pts]
ANSWER: The choice of container for the food is
important in microwave cookery because plastics, glass,
and pottery containers are easy-absorber of the
microwave energy that results in rapid rise in
temperature and cooks food more quickly rather than
using metal containers that may result in slow cooking
or maybe cause of electrocution.
ii) Give a reason why microwave ovens cook food
quicker than a conventional oven. [1pt]
ANSWER: The microwave oven cooks food quicker than a
conventional oven because it uses greater energy or
greater heat that is useful for cooking food easily.
5. What is a light wave?
ANSWER: A light wave is an electromagnetic radiation of
any wavelength, whether visible or not that travels in
vacuum in the speed of 3 x 108.
6. Are electromagnetic waves dangerous?explain.
ANSWER: Electromagnetic waves can be dangerous due to
over-exposure, the higher the frequency of the
radiation, the more damage it is likely to cause to
the body: microwaves cause internal heating of the body
tissues, infrared radiation is felt as heat an causes
skin burns. Electromagnetic waves with lower frequency
are less harmful than that higher frequencies.
7. What is the relationship between wavelength,
frequency and energy?
ANSWER: The greater the energy, the larger the
frequency and the shorter(smaller) the wavelength. The
higher the frequency, the shorter the wavelength-it
follows that short wavelengths are more energetic than
long wavelengths.
8. How does light carry information about stars,
galaxies and other celestial objects?
ANSWER: Light carry information about stars, galaxies
and other celestial objects because it determines the
time of the light of a star reaches the Earth and used
to determine how far is a galaxy away from us with the
measurement of ‘light years’..
9. How electromagnetic waves are formed?
ANSWER: An electromagnetic wave can be produced or
formed by accelerating charges; moving charges back and
forth will produce oscillating electric and magnetic
fields, and these travel at the speed of light.
10. How do electromagnetic waves differ?
ANSWER: Electromagnetic waves differ from each other in
wavelength. Waves in the electromagnetic spectrum vary
in size from very long radio waves the size of
buildings and soccer fields, to very short gamma-rays
smaller than the size of the nucleus of an atom.