Module 3:

Electromagnetic Waves
And Their Applications
(part101): 2ND
SCIENCE
QUARTER
Checking of Attendance
Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELCs)

Cite examples of practical applications

of the different regions of EM waves,
such as the use of radio waves in
telecommunications (S10-FE-IIc-d-48)
 Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELCs)
Specific Objectives:
● 1. explain how radio waves are generated,
transmitted, and received in television and in
radio communications,
● 2. discuss how microwaves are used in cooking,
radar and in satellite communications,
● 3. explain how infrared rays are used in electronic
appliances, night vision goggles, and in
communication
 REVIEW
In our last week’s lesson, you learned about the relative wavelengths
and frequencies of the different regions of electromagnetic waves. Can
you still recall these? Let us have a simple activity to refresh your mind.
Fill in the parts of the electromagnetic spectrum

Radiowave Microwave Infrared Visible light Ultraviolet X-ray Gamma ray

 REVIEW
In the previous lesson, you have learned that Electromagnetic
waves are generated by moving charges.

Moving electrons back and forth

produces oscillating electric fields
and magnetic fields that propagate
perpendicularly at a speed of light
and unlike mechanical waves,
electromagnetic waves can travel
even without a medium. It travels in
a vacuum at a speed of 3 x 10 8 m/s.
 Let us do this!
Identify the range of Electromagnetic Spectrum by underlining the right
term for the image shown below.
 Let us do this!
Identify the range of Electromagnetic Spectrum by underlining the right
term for the image shown below.
 Let us do this!
Identify the range of Electromagnetic Spectrum by underlining the right
term for the image shown below.
 Radios, as well as radio-controlled cars and cell
phones, receive information via electromagnetic
waves. Some of these waves are called radio
waves, microwaves, and infrared rays.

Have you ever wondered?

 Radio Waves..
Radio waves have the
longest wavelength in the
electromagnetic spectrum.
They are produced by making
electrons vibrate in an
antenna.
They are used to transmit
sound and picture information
over long distances.
Microwaves..
Microwaves are used for
cooking food, for satellite
communications, and
commonly used in radar.
Radar stands for Radio
Detection And Ranging.
 A Doppler shift in
the radar echo can
determine the speed
of a car or the
intensity of a
rainstorm.
Sophisticated radar
systems can map
the Earth and other
planets
 A microwave
frequency is strongly
absorbed by water
molecules, causing
them to vibrate, and
increasing their
kinetic energy.
This effect can
be used to heat
materials containing
water, like food.
 Infrared..
Infrared light is used by electrical heaters, for cooking
food, remote controls, scanners, and by infrared cameras.
Infrared light has frequencies which are absorbed by
some chemical bonds. The internal energy of the bonds
increases when they absorb infrared light, which causes
heating.
Electrical heaters
For cooking food
remote controls and scanners
Thermal imaging