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A wave's velocity is the product of the frequency times the period of the wave period times the energy of the wave.

amplitude times the frequency of the wave

frequency times the wavelength of the wave.

amplitude times the wavelength of the wave

Both sound waves and electromagnetic radiation travel at the speed of light

require a medium to move through space can move through space without a medium

transfer energy.

are transverse waves

Of all the forms of electromagnetic radiation, the one with the lowest frequency is gamma rays.

ultraviolet rays.

visible light

microwaves.

radio waves. According to Wein's Law, if the surface temperature is increased by a factor of 2, its peak wavelength will increase by a factor of 2

decrease by a factor of 2

increase by a factor of 4

decrease by a factor of 4.

not change; Wein's law has nothing to do with peak wavelength

The total energy radiated by a blackbody depends on the fourth power of its temperature.

the square of its temperature

the square root of its temperature.

the cube root of its temperature.

the cube of its temperature.

The Doppler Effect is a phenomenon that allows one to measure an object's temperature.

radius.

radial motion tangential motion

chemical composition

Stars like our Sun emit most of their light in which part of the electromagnetic spectrum? the visible

the X-ray

the ultraviolet the radio

the infrared...