https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4 Emma Newell en-us 2016-12-19 16:32:08 UTC 2025-11-10 16:30:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Planets.png 12158523 https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144343506 Electromagnetic waves are waves which can travel through the vacuum of outer space.]]> 2016-12-19 16:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144343506 12158523 https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144344283 In physics, a wave is a traveling disturbance that travels through space and matter transferring energy from one place to another. When studying waves it's important to remember that they transfer energy, not matter. 


]]> 2016-12-19 16:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144344283 12158523 https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144347119 A mechanical wave is a wave that is an oscillation of matter, and therefore transfers energy through a medium.]]> 2016-12-19 16:54:44 UTC https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144347119 12158523 https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144348001 a wave vibrating at right angles to the direction of its propagation.]]> 2016-12-19 16:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144348001 12158523 https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144348517 a wave vibrating in the direction of propagation.]]> 2016-12-19 17:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144348517 12158523 https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144356224 the distance between successive crests of a wave, especially points in a sound wave or electromagnetic wave.]]> 2016-12-19 17:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144356224 12158523 https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144356552 the rate at which something occurs or is repeated over a particular period of time or in a given sample.]]> 2016-12-19 17:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144356552 12158523 https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144357120 an electromagnetic wave of a frequency between about 104 and 1011 or 1012 Hz, as used for long-distance communication.]]> 2016-12-19 17:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144357120 12158523 https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144357494 an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength in the range 0.001–0.3 m, shorter than that of a normal radio wave but longer than those of infrared radiation. Microwaves are used in radar, in communications, and for heating in microwave ovens and in various industrial processes.

]]> 2016-12-19 17:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144357494 12158523 https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144358031  having a wavelength just greater than that of the red end of the visible light spectrum but less than that of microwaves. ]]> 2016-12-19 17:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144358031 12158523 https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144358979 The visible light spectrum covers the wavelengths that can be seen by the human eye.

]]> 2016-12-19 17:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144358979 12158523 https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144359380 the ultraviolet part of the spectrum; ultraviolet radiation.]]> 2016-12-19 17:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144359380 12158523 https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144359686 a photographic or digital image of the internal composition of something, especially a part of the body, produced by X-rays being passed through it and being absorbed to different degrees by different materials.]]> 2016-12-19 17:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144359686 12158523 https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144359919 Gamma rays have the smallest wavelengths and the most energy of any wave in the electromagnetic spectrum.]]> 2016-12-19 17:57:52 UTC https://padlet.com/12158523/8ywuarrsfou4/wish/144359919