emergency light rays Flashcards
memorise by tonight
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Harmful effects ofinfrared radiation(heat one)
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Harmful:
- released during welding and cutting from furnaces and molten metal production, workers must pretect themselves(by wearing googles to protect eyes)
- Excessive infrared radiation contributes to climate change, increase in temperature on earth(changes in weather patterns, hamring living things)
2
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applications of infrared radiation(heat one)
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Applications:
- Thermal imaging cameras to scan people for fever
- burglar alarms to detect movement if objects in complete darkness(body has heat)
- remote controls to send signals to things like television(electrical circuit)
3
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Harmful effects ultraviolet radiation
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Harmful
- exposure to UV radiation can harm our eyes and cause skin cancer (can protect by putting sunscreen or sunblock when outdoors)
4
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applications of ultraviolet radiation
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Applications
- small amount of UV increases vitamin D in our body
- treat babies with jaundice
- disinfect medical equiment, food and water(environmental friendlt cause no harmful method is used.
5
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Harmful effects of visible light
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Harmful:
- light pollution( we cannot migrate, reproduce, search for food, sleep and escape form predators)
- Exposure to liht source cause damage to books and documents, causging ink and colour to fade, paper and binding materials deteriorate(so flash photography not allowed in some musuems
6
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applications of visible light
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Applications
- Plants use the light energy from visible light to make sugar using carbin dioxide and water through photosynthesis
- allow us to carry out our daily activities.