What are Waves?
The ability to work
What is ENERGY
What is the highest point of a wave?
What is CREST?
These waves have some electrical properties and some magnetic properties.
What are ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES?
The part of the electromagnetic spectrum you can see.
What is VISIBLE LIGHT?
This is who the GPS was originally designed for.
The material which a wave transfers
What is MEDIUM?
This is the distance between two points on a wave.
What is WAVELENGTH?
Electromagnetic waves can transfer energy without this.
What is MEDIUM?
The range of electromagnetic waves placed in a certain order is called this.
What is The ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM
Cellphones transmit and receive signals using this high frequency wave.
What are MICROWAVES?
This is what a wave transfers
What is ENERGY?
This is the maximum distance the medium travels from rest position.
What is AMPLITUDE?
Light that passes through a polarizing filter.
What is POLARIZED LIGHT?
When using radar, this type of electromagnetic wave is being used.
What is MICROWAVES?
This is what remains constant on AM broadcasts.
What is the FREQUENCY?
These form when a source of energy causes a medium to vibrate.
What are MECHANICAL WAVES?
The number of waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time.
What is FREQUENCY?
A packet of light energy.
What is a PHOTON?
The electromagnetic waves that have the lowest frequency.
This is what remains constant on FM broadcasts.
What is the AMPLITUDE?
In a longitudinal wave, this is the area where the coils are close together
What is COMPRESSION?
What is HERTZ?
The energy that electromagnetic waves transfer through matter or space.
What is ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
This type of wave has the greatest energy.
What are GAMMA RAYS?
For each geographical area, a cell phone system requires this.
What is a TOWER?