http://www.ck12.org Chapter 5. Energy
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Watch the electromagnetic wave animation at the following URL, and then answer the questions below. http://w
ww.youtube.com/watch?v=4CtnUETLIFs
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Click image to the left for use the URL below.
URL: http://www.ck12.org/flx/render/embeddedobject/82394- Identify the vibrating electric and magnetic fields of the wave.
- Describe the direction in which the wave is traveling.
Review
- What is an electromagnetic wave?
- Define electromagnetic radiation.
- Describe the electric and magnetic fields of an electromagnetic wave.
- How does an electromagnetic wave begin? How does it travel?
- Compare and contrast electromagnetic and mechanical transverse waves.
- List three sources of electromagnetic waves on Earth.