EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Gamma rays have the smallest wavelengths and highest frequencies known. They are high energy waves capable of travelling long distances through air and are the most penetrating waves.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gamma rays have the highest energies, the shortest wavelengths, and the highest frequencies.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thus gamma ray has the shortest wavelength.

Detailed explanation-4: -The shortest waves are gamma rays, which have wavelengths of 10e-6 microns or less. The longest waves are radio waves, which have wavelengths of many kilometers.

Detailed explanation-5: -As you can see in the Figure above, gamma rays have the shortest wavelengths and highest frequencies of all electromagnetic waves. Their wavelengths are shorter than the diameter of atomic nuclei, and their frequencies are greater than 1019 hertz (Hz). That’s 10 quadrillion waves per second!