Radiation Flashcards
What one non medical use of infrared radiation
Night vision cameras to spot criminals
What spectrum is infrared apart of
Electromagnetic spectrum
What type of cancer can infrared detect
Breast cancer
What cancer can uv radiation cause
Skin cancer
What can fluorescent chemicals do
Make security markings on bank notes
What vitamin does uv give you
Vitamin d
Can you see X-rays
No
What can X-ray machines detect
Broken bones
What colour does the photographic film turn when X-rays touch it
They turn black
3 sources of gamma radiation
Food,rocks,cosmic rays
Some safety precautions of gamma rays
Don’t point sources of gamma sources of people
Gamma can do what to medical equipment?
Sterilise medical equipment
Microwaves are used for?
Communication,monitoring the earth and learning about our universe
Do micro waves have lower energy than infrared
Yes
Do radio waves have the longest wavelength of all the waves of the electromagnetic spectrum