Step 1: Use wavelength instead:
Photon energy is inversely proportional to wavelength. So sort the waves from the longest wavelength to the shortest.
Step 2: Typical wavelengths:
Microwaves: about 1 mm to 30 cm. Infrared: about 700 nm to 1 mm. Ultraviolet: about 10 nm to 400 nm. X-rays: about 0.01 nm to 10 nm.
Step 3: Sort:
Longest wavelength gives lowest energy. So the order of rising energy is microwaves, infrared, UV, X-rays, which is D, C, B, A.
Step 4: Confirm:
This is the fourth option. The first option is the reverse of it, so it cannot be right.
Final Answer:
The order of rising energy is D, C, B, A.
\[ \boxed{D, C, B, A} \]