Can you pick the types of radiation in order of increasing wavelength (λ)?

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Electromagnetic Spectrum Quiz

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Created Apr 3, 2012 in Science
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	HansSprungfeld:	Nov 21st, 2012 at 16:47 GMT		20 points
	This was my 1000th unique quiz played since joining. Great quiz! Thank you Sporcle for allowing me to successfully procrastinate for at least 1 hr a day for the last 10 months.

	joojle:	Nov 21st, 2012 at 17:09 GMT		17 points
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	kpol:	Nov 21st, 2012 at 18:02 GMT		5 points
	Good quiz, but great comments section. A Simpsons fan, a Futurama fan, a DFTBA nerdfighter, a pneumonic device, and a reasonable discussion about improving the quiz. It's nice to start the day with some civility.

	WJB1:	Nov 21st, 2012 at 18:17 GMT		1 point
	Continuing from DFTBA4ever's comment, you could put LW, MW, SW, VHF, UHF etc. though. Although if you were to do that for radio waves, you should probably do it for other parts of the spectrum too.

	oddthomasxxiii:	Nov 21st, 2012 at 19:06 GMT		-3 points
	I only got one right... but it was the least guessed answer. Weird.

	Lions6116:	Nov 21st, 2012 at 19:29 GMT		10 points
	Dang, the one day I forget my ruler at home.

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	BlueCyanide:	Nov 21st, 2012 at 23:37 GMT		2 points
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	matt01:	Nov 22nd, 2012 at 16:08 GMT		1 point
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	seamang:	Nov 22nd, 2012 at 23:31 GMT		2 points
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	beachybum28:	Nov 23rd, 2012 at 03:38 GMT		2 points
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	beachybum28:	Nov 23rd, 2012 at 03:39 GMT		0 points
	@seamang Is that "C" for cosmic radiation? That mnemonic is really good:)

	seamang:	Nov 24th, 2012 at 17:57 GMT		2 points
	@beachbum28 -- Yes, the C is for Cosmic, (or Cookie, cause it's good enough for me!). Mr. Thompson taught us that mnemonic in 6th grade science. Unfortunately it doesn't allow for division of the visible lights, but it's still the easiest I've heard to remember.

	TimeAndTide:	Nov 27th, 2012 at 15:33 GMT		1 point
	I'm not so sure cosmic rays belong in this list, @seamang, since they are not part of the electromagnetic spectrum, as are the types of radiation listed in this quiz. Rather cosmic rays are high-energy particles, mostly protons and electrons. That said, given the wave-particle duality, protons and electrons themselves have wave-like characteristics, and high-energy (and thus high-momentum) protons and electrons would indeed have very short wavelength, since wavelength goes like 1/momentum.

	OJR1:	Dec 1st, 2012 at 13:15 GMT		0 points
	I did it three times, looking once at a chart from Wikipedia (not while doing the quiz, of course). I think I just learned something).

	Ubbiebubbie:	Jan 6th, 2013 at 17:46 GMT		0 points
	This really isn't too much different from this quiz published back in 2009: http://www.sporcle.com/games/Mr_Negative/Spectrum

	Fusty:	Feb 5th, 2013 at 16:32 GMT		1 point
	Well I know it from the electromagnetic wave song. Which goes radio waves, microwaves, infrared radiation, visible light, ultraviolet light, xrays, gamma rays. Now lets reverse these in under a minute. and guess whether it is red or violet visible light.