Uses Of Waves Flashcards
Radio waves
TV and FM broadcasting
Communications
Microwaves
Cooking foods, communications (using satellites) and radar
Infra-red
Remote controls for television, heaters and night vision equipment
Visible light
Optical fibres and photography
Ultraviolet light
Fluorescent lamps
X-rays
Observing the internal structure of objects and materials and medical applications
Gamma rays
Sterilising food and medical equipment
Dangers of microwaves
Internal years of body tissue
Dangers of infrared
Skin burns
Ultraviolet
Damage surface cells
Blindness
Cell mutation or destruction
Cancer
Dangers of gamma rays
Ionising
Cell mutation or destruction
Cancer
Optic fibres
Bounce waves off a very narrow core
Light enters the fibre at a certain angle
Pulses of light
Photography
Pens to do is visible ought
Light sensitive film or electronic sensor