Question

High energy waves have:
A. long wavelengths and low frequencies.

B. long wavelengths and high frequencies.

C. short wavelengths and low frequencies.

D. short wavelengths and high frequencies.

Answer 1

Please someone answer

Answer 2

D should be your answer. Just a FYI you should post this sort of question in the chemistry section instead of the physics so it'll get more attention.

Answer 3

@staldk3 Waves is a bigger study of physics. I don't remember studying waves in chemistry whatsoever.

I concur with your answer, however.

Answer 4

We did in my chemistry course.

Answer 5

The frequency and wavelength are inversely proportional. High frequency -> short wavelength, low frequency -> long wavelength
\[\nu = f\lambda\]where \(\nu\) is the speed of the wave propagation, \(f\) is the frequency and \(\lambda\) is the wavelength

Energy of a wave is proportional to frequency.
\[E = hf\]for electromagnetic energy
so higher energy waves have a higher frequency and that means they have a short wavelength.

I did this in both physics and chemistry, got the same answer both places :-)