Sensor technology (worksheet)

I. Questions
1.Why are PIR sensors different from the Electric Eye ?

2.What is the function of an ultrasonic transducer ?

II. True or false ? Justify.

1.There is no way that ultrasonic wavelengths and those of microwave
motion detectors can be different. TF

2.Walls, etc., can play a momentous part in tomographic motion detectors.

TF

III. Translate from ‘One potential drawback’ down to ‘sound waves

around corners’

IV. Complete these sentences.

1.Fewer intrusions may be detected, and yet……………..

2.It is possible to improve precision and save energy if ……………………