Terms
Parts of the EM spectrum
EM energy
More about waves
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100
What the entire frequency continuum of electromagnetic waves is called
What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
100
Examples of these waves include night vision goggles, stove burners, and toasters.
What are infrared waves?
100
This is the speed of light in a vacuum

What is 3 x 108 m/s

100
These waves include anything you can see, including all the colors of the spectrum
What are visible light waves?
100
UV waves can be divided into 3 frequency bands.  This band can cause severe sunburn and promote the formation of vitamin D.
What is UVB?
200
Einstein said that light travels in a wave bundle, which is called this
What is a photon?
200
These waves have the lowest frequencies and longest wavelengths.
What are radio waves?
200
EM energy does not need this to travel
What is a medium?
200
These waves can be used to kill cancer
What are gamma waves?
200
He invented the first practical TV system
Who is Philo Farnsworth?
300
What an object is called that is heated to glowing
What is incandescent?
300
These waves have the highest frequencies and the shortest wavelengths.
What are gamma waves?
300
He coined the term electromagnetic energy 
Who is James Clerk Maxwell?
300
These radio broadcasts occur in frequencies in the VHF band
What is FM radio?
300
These waves are used in machines at airports to check luggage contents and at hospitals to see inside the body.
What are x-ray waves?
400
This is a new branch of astronomy involving the observation of radio emissions from celestial objects, including the planets, sun, and stars.
What is radio astronomy?
400
The sun produces these types of waves
What are ultraviolet waves?
400
Any method of navigating a ship, plane, or other vehicle that uses radio-frequency signals is a form of this
What is radio navigation?
400
These radio broadcasts occur in frequencies within the MF band
What is AM radio?
400
RFID technology is seen by some people to be the mark of the beast.  This passage in the Bible speaks about this.
What is Revelation 13:16-18?
500
This is the most sophisticated and accurate global navigation system devised.
What is GPS, or global positioning system?
500
These waves can be used to cook food and transmit telephone signals across continental networks
What are microwaves?
500
This kind of technology uses a transmitter to activate a "tag" containing an antenna, receiver, and microprocessor.
What is radio frequency identification or RFID technology?
500
The signal formatting determines the kind of TV image formed at the receiver.  These are two types.
What is DTV and HDTV?
500
These are two things RFID technology can be used to track
What are debit cards and security access cards?
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