The source of electrons in an x-ray tube is the filament and it has a ________ charge.
What is negative?
He discovered x-rays?
Who was Rontgen?
This is the distance between one point of a wave to the same point in the next wave.
What is wavelength?
Accidental exposure to high voltage causes about ___ deaths each year in the United States.
What is 300?
A high voltage source in the x-ray tube sends the electrons at a very high speed from the ______ to the ______.
What is cathode to anode?
The first x-ray image (rontgenogram) was a picture of this.
What is his wife's hand.
This is the bottom of a wave.
What is the trough?
The intensity of the electric current is measured in ___ and ____.
What are volts and amperes?
99.8% of the kinetic energy of ________ in an x-ray tube is converted into heat; the remaining 0.2% is converted into x-rays.
What are electrons?
Wilhelm was awarded this first prize to be given in the category of physics.
What is the first Nobel Prize?
The stars and galaxies produce this.
What are electromagnetic waves?
These on the skin are helpful to resist the flow of electricity.
What are calluses?
The tungsten wire in the cathode from which electrons are emitted is called the ______.
What is filament?
X-rays differ from light rays in this way.
What is X-rays have higher frequency of vibration than light rays?
This wave occurs when the motion of the medium is at a right angle (perpendicular to the wave.)
What is transverse wave?
Compartment syndrome occurs when ____ has become compressed.
What are arteries?
This emission is the emission of electrons due to the heating of the cathode.
What is thermionic?
Wilhelm discovered the x-ray in this year.
(You must come with 5 years to get the answer correct!)
What is 1895?
Theses waves are used by insects to detect nectar.
What is ultraviolet?
In many countries outside the US, the standard household current is ____ volts.
What is 220?