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Do electromagnetic waves differ from each other in wavelength or frequency or both?
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Wavelength and frequency, since both are tied together by simple arithmetic. Multiplied together, the result is always the same number . . . the speed of the wave. If you know one, you know the other, and if you change one, you change the other.
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Electromagnetic waves differ from each other in?
wavelength & frequency (but remember frequency is only a derivative of wavelength for any given propagation velocity) 'Amplitude' also varies (bigger waves!)
The various types of electromagnetic radiation are distinguished from each other by their?
Electromagnetic waves are classified according to their wavelength and frequency and this classification is called electromagnetic spectrum.
The essential difference among lightheatradioadn other forms of electromagnetic energy is whatfrequenieswavelenghtsintensities?
Frequency and Wavelength.
How is visible light different from the other waves and rays on the electromagnetic spectrum?
It has a different wavelength and frequency.
How does the various kinds of EM waves differ from each other?
They differ in frequency. (That's exactly the same thing as saying that they differ in wavelength, since frequency and wavelength are firmly connected.) (That's also the same thing as saying that they differ in the quantity of energy carried by each photon, since the amount of energy carried by each photon is firmly connected to frequency.)
How do various kinds of em waves differ from each other?
There are two main types of EM waves. Magnetic waves and Electronic waves. They exist at orthogonal relationships with M waves and E waves at 90 degrees to each other.
The lower an electromagnetic wave's wavelength is the higher its frequency is?
That's correct.When you multiply the frequency times the wavelength , the result isalways the same number. So when either one decreases, the other onehas to increase.
How do you find velocity when only the frequency is given?
The question is incomplete. Frequency of what? If it refers to electromagnetic waves, you won't need even frequency to determine velocity (in a vacuum), because it will always be c (the speed of light). You can compute the speed of other kinds of waves if you know the frequency and wavelength, but not from frequency alone. The formula is frequency x wavelength = velocity If the waves are electromagnetic, and you have only frequency, you can compute the wavelength using the same formula.
What is a radio wave's relative wavelength and frequency compared to other waves in the Electro-Magnetic Spectrum?
Radio waves are the lowest frequency (and therefore longest wavelength) waves in the electromagnetic spectrum.
How do the various types of electromagnetic radiation differ from each other'?
Frequency, wavelength and energy are the only differences. They are all roughly equivalent as well, in that knowing one means knowing the others for EM radiation.
How do various types of electromagnetic radiation differ from each other?
Frequency, wavelength and energy are the only differences. They are all roughly equivalent as well, in that knowing one means knowing the others for EM radiation.
What determines the radiation that an electromagnetic wave emits?
You're probably thinking of frequency and wavelength. If that's true, then you onlyneed one or the other. They're tightly connected, so if you know one of them, thenyou can always calculate the other one.
