4. • They travel as vibrations in electrical
and magnetic fields.
Have some magnetic and some electrical
properties to them.
5. When an electric field changes, so does the magnetic field. The changing
magnetic field causes the electric field to change. When one field vibrates—
so does the other.
RESULT-An electromagnetic wave.
6. Electromagnetic waves travel
VERY FAST – around 300,000
kilometres per second (the speed
of light).
At this speed they can go around
the world 8 times in one second.
7. Waves or Particles?
• Electromagnetic radiation has properties of waves but also can be thought
of as a stream of particles.
Example: Light
Light as a wave: Light behaves as a transverse wave which we can filter using polarized
lenses.
Light as particles (photons): When directed at a substance light can knock electrons off
of a substance (Photoelectric effect)
8. Electromagnetic Spectrum—name for the
range of electromagnetic waves when placed
in order of increasing frequency
RADIO
WAVES
MICROWAVES
INFRARED
RAYS
VISIBLE LIGHT
ULTRAVIOLET
RAYS
X-RAYS
GAMMA
RAYS
11. RADIO WAVES
Have the longest
wavelengths and
lowest
frequencies of all
the
electromagnetic
waves.
12. Global Positioning Systems (GPS) measure the time it takes a radio wave to
travel from several satellites to the receiver, determining the distance to
each satellite.
13. A radio picks up radio waves through an
antenna and converts it to sound waves.
Each radio station in an area broadcasts at a different frequency.
# on radio dial tells frequency.
16. Used in microwave
ovens.
Waves transfer
energy to the
water in the food
causing them to
vibrate which in
turn transfers
energy in the form
of heat to the
food.
17. RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging)
Used to find the speed of an object
by sending out radio waves and
measuring the time it takes them to
return.
19. You can feel
the longest ones
as warmth on
your skin
Warm objects give
off more heat
energy than cool
objects.
20. Thermogram—a picture that shows regions of different
temperatures in the body. Temperatures are calculated by
the amount of infrared radiation given off.
Therefore people give
off infrared rays.
Heat lamps give off
infrared waves.
21. VISIBLE LIGHT
Shorter wavelength and
higher frequency than
infrared rays.
Electromagnetic waves
we can see.
Longest wavelength=
red light
Shortest wavelength=
violet (purple) light
22. When light enters a new
medium it bends (refracts).
Each wavelength bends a
different amount allowing
white light to separate into
it’s various colors ROYGBIV.
35. Brief SUMMARY
A. All electromagnetic waves travel at the same speed. (300,000,000
meters/second) in a vacuum.
B. They all have different wavelengths and different frequencies.
Long wavelength-lowest frequency
Short wavelength highest frequency
The higher the frequency the higher the energy.
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