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Source: echplayon.com/wavelength-frequency-amplitude-phase-defining-waves/
Do all kinds of waves require a
medium to travel?

Source: https://gfycat.com/deepfragrantgreatdane-aasa Source: https://scitechdaily.com/nasa-curiosity-mars-rover

 MECHANICAL ELECTROMAGNETIC
WAVES WAVES
- Require a physical medium - Does not require a medium
to transport energy from one to travel;
location to another - Can travel through vacuum

Ex. Water Ex. Light

waves

Ex. Sound
waves
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WAVES
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Common Properties of Electromagnetic Waves

❑ Carry energy from one place to another

❑ Do not refuse a medium to travel
❑ Can travel through the vacuum
❑ Can travel at speed of light (3x10⁸m/s)
❑ Show refraction, reflection, absorption and interference
❑ Transverse waves
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 WHICH EM WAVE AM I?

I have the longest wavelength! With

me, you can listen to music on radio
with tears in your eyes!
Which am I?

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 FORMS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

Radio Waves
❑ Longest wavelength (>1x10¯¹ m)
❑ Lowest frequency (3kHz-300mHz)
❑ Numerous frequency bands:
➢ ELF, VLF, LF, MF
➢ HF, VHF, UHF
➢ SHF, EHF
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 WHICH EM WAVE AM I?

Compared to radio waves, I’m micro in

size. But I can help you cook and
communicate through satellites.
Which am I?

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 FORMS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

Microwaves
❑ Shorter wavelength than radio
waves(1x10¯³m-1x10¯¹m)
❑ Higher frequency (3x10⁹-3x10¹¹ Hz)
❑ Can easily pass through the
ionosphere
❑ Satellite to Earth transmissions
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 WHICH EM WAVE AM I?

Superior to micro, inferior to red. I’m

invisible but you can feel me as heat.
Which am I?

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 FORMS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

Infrared
❑ Can be felt as heat
❑ Main sources are sun and fire
❑ Wavelengths are about 7 × 10−7
to 1× 10−3 m
❑ Frequencies below the red visible
light (3 × 1011 to 4 × 1014 Hz)
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 WHICH EM WAVE AM I?

I’m visible to your naked eyes; the one

bringing colors to your life.
Which am I?

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 FORMS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

Visible Light
❑ At the middle of EM spectrum
❑ Visible to naked human eyes
❑ Wavelengths of about 4 × 10−7 m
to 7 × 10−7 m)
❑ Frequencies of about 4.3 × 1014 to
7.5 × 1014 hertz (Hz)
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 WHICH EM WAVE AM I?

I’m an ultra, from violet to beyond.

Careful! I can burn with so much fun.
Which am I?

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 FORMS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

Ultraviolet Rays
❑ Emitted by the sun
❑ Wavelengths of about 1 × 10−8 to
4 x 10⁻⁷ m
❑ Frequencies of about 7.5 × 1014 to
3 × 1016 Hz
❑ UV-C, UV-B, UV-A
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 WHICH EM WAVE AM I?

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 FORMS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

X-Rays
❑ Emitted by sun’s corona
❑ Wavelengths of about 1 × 10−11
to 1 x 10⁻⁸ m
❑ Frequencies of about 3 × 1016 to
3 × 1019 Hz
❑ Can be man-made
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 WHICH EM WAVE AM I?

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Source: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/kepler-beyond-planets-finding-exploding-stars
 FORMS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

Gamma Rays
❑ Emitted by sun’s corona,
supernova, black lightning
❑ Wavelengths of about 1 × 10−11
to 1 x 10⁻⁸ m
❑ Frequencies of about 3 × 1016 to
3 × 1019 Hz
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