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GCSE Combined Science · key term
The continuous range of electromagnetic waves, arranged by wavelength or frequency.
Used by AQA and Edexcel
Specification 6.6.2.1 · Paper 6
Revise: Electromagnetic Wave SpectrumTogether they form the electromagnetic spectrum. It is continuous: wavelengths and frequencies vary across it without gaps. The seven named groups describe different regions of this spectrum, rather than seven completely separate kinds of behaviour.
Paper 5, Paper 6
The continuous range of electromagnetic radiation, from radio waves to gamma rays.
Revise: Electromagnetic waves and the spectrumThe electromagnetic spectrum is the complete, continuous range of electromagnetic waves.
Visible light is part of the electromagnetic spectrum, not a separate type of wave outside it.
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