What’s In

Directions: Try to arrange the following jumbled words. The descriptions

provided below will help you unlock this task. Write your answers in your ACTIVITY
NOTEBOOK.
NCYEQUEFR 1. the number of occurrences of a
repeating event per unit of time.
NGTHVELEWA 2. distance between corresponding
points of two consecutive waves
ISMMAGNET 3. a class of physical phenomena that
are mediated by magnetic field.
ETISMELECMAGNTRO 4. a branch of physics which involves
the study of electromagnetic force.
NETICELEOMAGCTR TRUMECSP 5. the range of all types of EM radiation

What’s More
Activity 1: Comprehension Checkpoint

1. Microwaves, gamma rays, radio waves are all types of __________________.

2. Light consists of oscillating ______________ and _______________ fields.
3. Light in a vacuum always moves at roughly ________________ m/s.
4. One piece of evidence that convinced Maxwell that light was electromagnetic
radiation was…
a. light can generate electrical currents.
b. a moving magnetic field can generate light.
c. the speed of light is the same as the speed of sound.
d. the measured speed of light was close to Maxwell's calculated speed.
 What I Have Learned
Directions: Identify the term/s being referred to in each blank. Choose from
the box your answer. Write you answer in your Science notebook.

Electromagnetic waves are ______________ waves with a wide range of

properties and uses. EM waves can travel not only through air and solid materials, but
also through ____________ of space. Electromagnetic waves can be separated into
seven distinct groups in the______________. The behavior of an electromagnetic wave
in a substance depends on its _____________ or _____________. Maxwell's calculation
of the speed of an electromagnetic wave included two important constants: the
_______________ and _______________ of free space. The speed of an
electromagnetic wave comes directly from a fundamental consideration of
______________ and ________________.

transverse
vacuum
spectrum

magnetism
permeability
frequency
wavelength
permittivity
electricity