ELECTROMAGNETICS UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● Electrons are located on the
Answer: In shells around the nucleus
●● Electron binding energy
Answer: Force of attraction between the negatively charged electrons
and positively charged protons that keep electrons in their orbit.
●● Atomic mass number (A)
Answer: The total number of protons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus.
●● Atomic number (Z)
Answer: number of protons
●● Ionization happens when
Answer: When an atom loses or gains an electron becoming electrically
charged
●● Positive ion
, Answer: created when an atom loses an electron
●● Negative ion
Answer: when an atom gains an electron
●● Ion pair
Answer: The ejected electron & the left over positive ion during
ionization
●● Electromagnetic radiation in order from long wave lengths to short
wavelength
Answer: Radio, micro, infrared, visible light, uv light, x rays, gamma
●● Characteristics of electromagnetic radiation
Answer: Frequency, wavelength,amplitude, velocity
●● Wave particle duality EM
Answer: Behaves in two ways : as a wave, and as a particle
●● inverse square law EM
Answer: The intensity of radiation is inversely proportional to the square
of the distance
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● Electrons are located on the
Answer: In shells around the nucleus
●● Electron binding energy
Answer: Force of attraction between the negatively charged electrons
and positively charged protons that keep electrons in their orbit.
●● Atomic mass number (A)
Answer: The total number of protons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus.
●● Atomic number (Z)
Answer: number of protons
●● Ionization happens when
Answer: When an atom loses or gains an electron becoming electrically
charged
●● Positive ion
, Answer: created when an atom loses an electron
●● Negative ion
Answer: when an atom gains an electron
●● Ion pair
Answer: The ejected electron & the left over positive ion during
ionization
●● Electromagnetic radiation in order from long wave lengths to short
wavelength
Answer: Radio, micro, infrared, visible light, uv light, x rays, gamma
●● Characteristics of electromagnetic radiation
Answer: Frequency, wavelength,amplitude, velocity
●● Wave particle duality EM
Answer: Behaves in two ways : as a wave, and as a particle
●● inverse square law EM
Answer: The intensity of radiation is inversely proportional to the square
of the distance