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P5f Uses of long wavelengths

increasing wavelength

 Use a whole landscape page to draw out this table. Add

the names of the 4 longest wavelength parts of the EM
spectrum.
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Quick Quiz
1 Which electromagnetic waves have the highest frequency?
gamma rays

2 Which electromagnetic waves have the longest wavelengths?

radio waves

3 Which electromagnetic waves have lower frequencies than

visible light?
infrared, microwaves, radio waves

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Quick Quiz
4 Which electromagnetic waves have higher frequencies than
visible light?
ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays

5 Which colour of visible light has the shortest wavelength?

violet

6 Which colour of visible light has the highest frequency?

violet

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Quick Quiz
7 Which colour of visible light has the lowest frequency?
red

8 Which part (or parts) of the electromagnetic spectrum is used for

cooking?
infrared, microwaves

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Quick Quiz
9 Which part (or parts) of the electromagnetic spectrum is used for
sending TV programmes?
radio waves, microwaves

10 Which part of the electromagnetic spectrum is used in TV remote

controls?
infrared

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 increasing wavelength
radio waves microwaves infrared visible light

 Add uses you can think of to each column then add others
and further detail from the videos & textbook p.78.
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Objectives
P5.22 Describe some uses of electromagnetic radiation:
a radio waves: including broadcasting,
communications and satellite transmissions  Make sure you
b microwaves: including cooking, have included all
communications and satellite transmissions
c infrared: including cooking, thermal imaging,
these points on
short
range communications, optical fibres, television remoteyour exam spec.
controls and security systems
d visible light: including vision, photography and
illumination.

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  Add descriptions of
How are cooking to your
microwave and microwave & infrared
infrared cookery columns from the
different?
animations & video.
How do infrared waves cook food?

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How does a microwave oven work?

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zvCUmeoHpw

Watch from 3:10 (or the rest for extension)

 microwaves
Cooking:
• Absorbed mainly by water
molecules inside the food
• Penetrate about 1cm into
food (they do not cook from
the centre out)
• Quicker to cook as not as
less distance to conduct heat
to centre of food
infrared
Cooking:
• Used in grills and toasters
(not standard ovens)
• Absorbed by particles on the
surface
• Slower as heat needs to
conduct from outside all the
way to centre.
How are radio waves produced and detected?

 Draw a fully labelled

diagram based on the
PhET sim &/or the
diagram on p.79.
How are radio waves
produced and detected?
Refraction by the ionosphere

 Draw this diagram & explain

which has a longer range
and why.
What is needed
to give
microwaves a
longer range?
 Add a satellite transmitting
microwaves to your previous
diagram & state why it is needed.