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Electromagnetic Radiation Uses
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- 1Radio Wave UsesUsed to transmit: Phone signals
Radio Signals
TV Signals
Used for communication by the military and navy also
Used in MRI scans - 2Microwave UsesIt's wavelengths are absorbed by water and fat molecules, heating them and causing them to vibrate. This is how we cook food in microwaves. Also phone signals.
- 3Infrared UsesUsed for heat vision in things like police helicopters or for science purposes. Used in TV remotes.
- 4Visible Light usesFunnily enough, we use it to see, well … nearly everything.
- 5Ultraviolet UsesUsed on paper money to prove its real. Used on stamps. Used to sterilise medical equipment and air in theatre. Sterilises food and medicinal drugs. Can treat vitamin D deficiencies.
- 6Xray usesUsed in X-Rays. Go through skin but are absorbed by the bones so we can see them. Used in mammograms to spot breast cancer and can spot pneumonia.
- 7Gamma Ray UsesUsed to kill cancer cells in radio and chemo therapy. Used by doctors to heat internal organs. Sterilises medical equipment.
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- GCSE Physics Flashcards on Electromagnetic Radiation Uses, created by Meriel ... on 30/06/2016.
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