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Q: What can result from overexposure to ultraviolet waves?
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What overexposure of something causes skin cancer and sunburns?

Ultraviolet rays


What adverse effect can result from overexposure of human tissues to uv light?

The excess exposure and ultraviolet light dosage can and will result in damage to human tissues. Two forms of damage include burns and inducing cancer causing mutations.


How are ultraviolet waves different from light waves?

Ultraviolet waves are smaller than light waves.


Are ultraviolet waves transverse or longitudinal waves?

Ultraviolet waves are part of the Electromagnetic Spectrum which all travel as transverse waves.


What damage can ultraviolet waves do to homans?

There are no such things as "ultraviolet waves" or "homans".


A sunburn is caused by overexposure to what kind of ray?

One type of radiation that CAN give you sunburn is UV radiation


How do you use ultraviolet waves in a sentence?

You may experience sunburned skin if you allow your skin to be exposed to the ultraviolet waves that penetrate the clouds on a cloudy day. Ultraviolet waves are at the opposite end of the visible light spectrum from infrared waves. Ultraviolet (UV) waves are longer than X-rays.


Higher frequencies ultraviolet waves or infrared waves?

Ultraviolet is higher frequency, then visible light, then infrared.


What is next to ultraviolet in the light spectrum?

Starting at ultraviolet, longer waves are waves of visible violet light, and shorter waves are X-rays.


What waves to insects use to find nectar?

Some insects use ultraviolet waves to find nectar. The ultraviolet light leaves marks on flowers, and the insects can sense them and find the nearby nectar.


What waves have an electric and magnetic part?

ultraviolet waves


Who ultraviolet waves?

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