AGREE OR DISAGREE?

A wave is a disturbance
that transfers energy.
 AGREE OR DISAGREE?

Electromagnetic waves transfer

energy through a vacuum.
 AGREE OR DISAGREE?

EM waves travel at the

speed of 3 × 108 𝑚Τ
𝑠
 AGREE OR DISAGREE?

Light is the ultimate speed

limit.
 OBJECTIVES
Define what an Electromagnetic (EM) wave is,
1
2 Describe how EM waves are produced and propagated, and

3 Explain some properties of EM waves.

WHAT ARE EM WAVES?
HOW EM WAVES ARE PRODUCED?
WHAT ARE SOME PROPERTIES OF EM
WAVES?
WHAT ARE EM WAVES?
 WAVES

Waves are disturbances that transfer

energy from one place to another without
transferring matter.
WAVES
MECHANICAL WAVES

OCEAN WAVES STADIUM WAVES

 Mechanical Waves

Mechanical waves are waves that require

medium to transfer energy.
 WAVES

RADIO WAVES VISSIBLE LIGHT X-RAY

 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

EM WAVES

Are waves that do NOT

require a medium to transfer
energy. They transfer energy
even in a vacuum (or empty
space).
HOW EM WAVES
PRODUCED?
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 −
𝑒
MAGNETIC FIELD

ELECTRIC FIELD
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✓ The electric and magnetic field vibrate
perpendicular (90˚) to each other.
 WHAT ARE SOME
PROPERTIES OF EM WAVES?
 PROPERTIES OF EM WAVES
❑ They do not require any material or medium for propagation.

❑ They are produced by accelerated or oscillating charge.

❑ EM waves travel in vacuum at the speed of 3 × 108 𝑚Τ𝑠

❑ Light is a form of electromagnetic wave.

❑ The speed of light is the ultimate speed limit.

✓ EM waves, such as light travel slower through
glass than through air.
 FREQUENCY
CREST
WAVELENGTH

THROUGH
What are the different regions of
Electromagnetic Spectrum?
Photons are bundles or packets of wave energy.
What is the basic wave
equation?
 BASIC WAVE EQUATION

c
c C

C
c speed

C = 3.0 x 108 𝑚/𝑠