Vocabulary
Microwave Oven
What is an electric oven that heats and cooks food by exposing it to electromagnetic radiation in the microwave frequency range?
Electric Field
What is the space around a positively or negatively charged particle that will exert a force on another charged particle?
Antenna
What is the path for the current to flow?
Crest
What is the highest point on a wave?
Radio Waves
What is the radiation with the longest wavelength and the shortest frequency?
Arc
What are the sparks created by an incomplete path of electric energy called?
Negative Forces
Which force attracts a positive force?
Fan
What prevents the magnetron from overheating?
Trough
What is the lowest point on a wave?
Microwaves
What radiation has a shorter wavelength than radio waves, but lower frequency than infrared?
Tension
What is a pulling force?
Positive Forces
Which force repels a positive force?
Waveguide
What directs the microwave energy into the oven?
Line of Origin
What is the line that goes straight through the wave called?
Infrared
What is the radiation that has a shorter wavelength than microwaves, but lower frequency than visible light?
Period
What is the time needed to complete on cycle of waves?
Electric Fields Move
What moves when particles move?
Magnetron
What generates microwave radiation?
Wavelength
What is the space between two identical points of a wave called?
X-rays
Which type of radiation has a longer wavelength than gamma rays, but a higher frequency than ultraviolet?
Mutation
What is any change in an organisms DNA or RNA sequence?
Design of Antenna Enlarges Electric Field
How might the magnetrons design affect the electric field inside the cooking area?
High-Voltage Transformer
What heats up a filament that transfers electrons?
Amplitude
What is the height of a wave called?
Gamma Rays
Which type of radiation has the shortest wavelength, but the highest frequency?