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Can electromagnetic waves travel through sound?
There is no sound in space because there are no molecules there to transmit the sound waves. Electromagnetic waves are not like sound waves because they do not need molecules to travel. This means that electromagnetic waves can travel through air, solid objects and even space.
How do EMF waves travel?
Electromagnetic waves are waves which can travel through the vacuum of outer space. When an electromagnetic wave impinges upon the atoms of a material, the energy of that wave is absorbed. The absorption of energy causes the electrons within the atoms to undergo vibrations.
What type of electromagnetic waves is used in Rada?
Radar uses radio waves which are electromagnetic waves and travel at a speed of 300,000,000 m/s.
What electromagnetic waves make objects visible?
Visible light waves
Visible light waves are the only electromagnetic waves we can see. We see these waves as the colors of the rainbow. Each color has a different wavelength. Red has the longest wavelength and violet has the shortest wavelength.
Where are sound waves on the electromagnetic spectrum?
(This is why sound waves are not typically considered part of the electromagnetic spectrum, since sound requires a medium—such as air or water—through which to propagate, whereas electromagnetic waves have little difficulty in radiating through the vacuum of space.)
Where do electromagnetic waves come from?
EM waves originate from the vibration of charged particles, and unlike other waves, they can travel without a medium. The vast range of frequencies for EM waves is described by the electromagnetic spectrum. The spectrum stretches from the lowest frequency radio waves to the highest frequency gamma rays.
Where on the electromagnetic spectrum is radar?
microwave region
Radar is an “active” sensing device in that it has its own source of illumination (a transmitter) for locating targets. It typically operates in the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum—measured in hertz (cycles per second), at frequencies extending from about 400 megahertz (MHz) to 40 gigahertz (GHz).
Which two waves lie at the end of the visible spectrum?
Radio waves and microwaves lie at the longer end of the spectrum of electromagnetic energy (kilometers and meters to centimeters and milimeters), while x rays and gamma rays have very short wavelengths (billionths or trillionths of a meter).
How does NASA use the full range of electromagnetic spectrum?
NASA’s scientific instruments use the full range of the electromagnetic spectrum to study the Earth, the solar system, and the universe beyond. When you tune your radio, watch TV, send a text message, or pop popcorn in a microwave oven, you are using electromagnetic energy. You depend on this energy every hour of every day.
What type of waves do astronomers use to study radio waves?
Astronomers who study radio waves tend to use wavelengths or frequencies. Most of the radio part of the EM spectrum falls in the range from about 1 cm to 1 km, which is 30 gigahertz (GHz) to 300 kilohertz (kHz) in frequencies. The radio is a very broad part of the EM spectrum. Infrared and optical astronomers generally use wavelength.
What causes light to behave more like a particle or wave?
The Electromagnetic Spectrum. The amount of energy a photon has can cause it to behave more like a wave, or more like a particle. This is called the “wave-particle duality” of light. It is important to understand that we are not talking about a difference in what light is, but in how it behaves.
What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
Introduction to the Electromagnetic Spectrum. What is Electromagnetic energy? Electromagnetic energy travels in waves and spans a broad spectrum from very long radio waves to very short gamma rays. The human eye can only detect only a small portion of this spectrum called visible light.