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U3 Science Q3 L1

This document provides information about electromagnetic waves. It discusses that EM waves do not require a medium and are created by vibrations between electric and magnetic fields. It carries energy and has both electric and magnetic properties. EM waves come in different forms defined by their wavelength and frequency. Key figures like Maxwell and Hertz contributed to the understanding of EM waves and estimating the speed of light.

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U3 Science Q3 L1

This document provides information about electromagnetic waves. It discusses that EM waves do not require a medium and are created by vibrations between electric and magnetic fields. It carries energy and has both electric and magnetic properties. EM waves come in different forms defined by their wavelength and frequency. Key figures like Maxwell and Hertz contributed to the understanding of EM waves and estimating the speed of light.

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Lesson 1: Forms of EM Waves

Content: Vocabularies:
Two Ways to Transport Energy: Medium - In Physics, it is defined as the
1. Mechanical Waves - Require a medium substance that transfers the energy, or light from
2. Electromagnetic Waves - Don’t require a medium one substance to another substance or from one
place to another.
Oscillation - refers to the repeated back and forth movement of something
between two positions or states Propagation - to move through, cause to move
through, or transmit in the form of a wave to
Two Types of Waves: propagate a substance.
1. Longitudinal Wave - are those waves in which the particles of the
medium move parallel to the propagation of the wave
2. Transverse Wave - are those waves in which the particles of the
medium move perpendicular to the propagation of the wave
Persons:
Waves - are disturbances that travel in a medium carrying an amount of
energy James Clerk Maxwell
 A Scottish scientist who developed a
Electromagnetic Waves theory that explains electromagnetic
 are waves that are created as attresult of vibrations between an waves
electric field and a magnetic field.  He studied the existence of
 It carries energy that can be observed in nature electromagnetic waves in 1860
 It has both electric and magnetic properties and is produced by  He estimated the speed of EM waves to
accelerating electric charges be 3x10⁸m/s (Speed of Light)

Wavelength (λ) - Distance traveled by a wave Heinrich Hertz


Frequency (f) - Number of waves that passes through a point in a period  A German Physicist who performed a
of time series of experiments about the
Wave Speed (V = λf) - Product of wavelength and frequency existence of electromagnetic waves
Period (T) - Time it takes for a wave to pass through a given point
Amplitude (A) - Distance from the equilibrium position to the crest of the
trough
EM Spectrum:

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Garden

Wavelength

Crest
Amplitude

Amplitude

Trough
Wavelength

Wavelength

Compression Rarefraction Compression

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