Rank the spectrum by frequency and energy

Rank microwaves, visible light, and gamma rays from lowest to highest frequency. You already know the wavelength order. One link finishes the job.

Frequency runs opposite to wavelength, and energy runs with frequency. So every ranking question on the spectrum is the wavelength order, read in the right direction.

You already know the wavelength order, longest to shortest: radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays.

Along that same list, frequency climbs: a longer wavelength means a lower frequency.

The one scale answers all three questions: wavelength right, frequency and energy left.

So the lowest frequency sits with the longest wavelength, at radio waves, and the highest sits with gamma rays.

Energy follows frequency, so the energy ranking is the frequency ranking.

Take microwaves, visible light, and gamma rays, to be ranked from lowest to highest frequency.

Rank them by wavelength, longest first: microwaves, visible light, gamma rays.

Longest wavelength means lowest frequency, so that same list already reads lowest to highest frequency: microwaves, visible light, gamma rays.

The worked case: longest wavelength first is already lowest frequency first.

Asked for energy instead, nothing changes: lowest to highest energy is the same list.

Energy follows frequency: the two rankings are one ranking.

The question's direction decides whether the list is read forward or reversed: highest first reverses it, lowest first keeps it.

Rank infrared, X-rays, and radio waves from lowest to highest frequency.

By wavelength, longest first: radio waves, infrared, X-rays.

Longest wavelength means lowest frequency, so that list already runs lowest to highest frequency.

Radio waves, infrared, X-rays.

Rank ultraviolet, microwaves, and visible light from most to least energy.

Energy follows frequency, and frequency climbs as wavelength shortens.

Shortest wavelength of the three is ultraviolet's, then visible light's, then the microwaves'.

Most to least energy: ultraviolet, visible light, microwaves.

Quick-fire drill

Which list orders gamma rays, radio waves, and visible light from longest to shortest wavelength?

Which list ranks microwaves, X-rays, and infrared from lowest to highest frequency?

Which list ranks ultraviolet, microwaves, and visible light from least to most energy?

Which list ranks radio waves, gamma rays, and infrared from highest to lowest frequency?

Of microwaves, ultraviolet, and infrared, which carries the most energy?

Which list orders X-rays, infrared, and ultraviolet from longest to shortest wavelength?

Your turn

Which list ranks ultraviolet, radio waves, gamma rays, and infrared from lowest to highest frequency?

Of microwaves, visible light, X-rays, and infrared, which carries the most energy?

Of visible light, ultraviolet, microwaves, and infrared, which has the lowest frequency?