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WHAT IS ELECTOMAGNETIC WAVES (EM WAVES) ? (transverse waves)

THIS ARE WAVES THAT ARE CREATED AS A RESULT OF A ELECTRIC VIBRATIONS BETWEEN FIELD AND MAGNETIC FIELD. (electromagnetic
wave)

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES ARE PRODUCED BY (vibrating charge)

WHICH TWO COLORS OF LIGHT LIE AT THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM? (red and violet)

IT IS A DISTURBANCE IN SPACE (wave)

IT IS THE HIGHEST POINT IN A WAVE (crest)

IT IS THE LOWEST POINT IN A WAVE (trough)

IT IS THE DISTANCE FROM THE MID POINT TO THE HIGHEST (OR LOWEST) POINT OF A WAVE. (amplitude)

IT REFERS TO THE NUMBERS OF WAVES PRODUCED IN ONE SECOND (frequency)

RADIO WAVES= used to broadcast radio and television (1-1000 meters)

MICROWAVES= used in cooking, radar, telephone and others signals.

INFRARED= transmits heat from sun, fires, radiators.

VISIBLE LIGHT= make things able to be seen

ULTRAVIOLET= absorbed by the skin, used in fluorescent tubes

X-RAY= used to view inside of bodies and objects

GAMMA RAY= used in medicine for killing cancer cells

WHO WHERE THE SCIENTIST THAT CONTIBUTED TO THE FORMULATION OF EM THEORY?

MGA NADISCOVER NILA;

HANS CHRISTIAN OERSTED (1820) = HE DISCOVER THAT A MOVING CHARGE CREATES A MAGNETIC FIELD

ANDRE- MARIE AMERE (1820) = SHE DISCOVER THAT MAGNETISM CAN BE PRODUCED BY ELECTRICITY

MICHAEL FARADAY (1831)= HE DISCOVER THAT A CHANGING MAGNETIC FIELD PRODUCES AN ELECTRIC CURRENT

JAMES CLERL MAXWELL (1864) = PREDICTED THE EXISTENCE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC

HEINRICH HERTZ (1887) = DISCIVERED THE RADIO WAVES AND VERIFIED MAXWELL’S EM THEORY

WHAT ARE SOME APPLICATIONS OF EM THEORY? House holds, industry, transportation, communication, medical feills, space technology.

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