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What happens to the direction of electromagnetic waves in media?
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The direction of electromagnetic waves in media goes all willey nilley.
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Electromagnetic waves slow down or change direction?
Electromagnetic waves are produced by the acceleration of an electric charge. Electromagnetic waves have the same speed in a vacuum (or space). They can slow down and change direction.
Where do mechanical waves and electromagnetic waves travel fastest?
Mechanical waves travel fastest in mechanically-most-dense media. Electromagnetic waves travel fastest in optically-least-dense media.
Are electromagnetic waves classified as longitudinal waves?
No. Electromagnetic waves are classified as transverse waves because the electric and magnetic fields are perpendicular to the direction of propagation.
What are the waves in which matter moves at right angles to the direction of the wave?
Electromagnetic waves.
What direction does electromagnetic waves travel?
Directly away from the source.
Electromagnetic waves slow down or change direction?
Electromagnetic waves are produced by the acceleration of an electric charge. Electromagnetic waves have the same speed in a vacuum (or space). They can slow down and change direction.
Where do mechanical waves and electromagnetic waves travel fastest?
Mechanical waves travel fastest in mechanically-most-dense media. Electromagnetic waves travel fastest in optically-least-dense media.
What happens when transverse electromagnetic waves encounter cavity?
light waves or electromagnetic waves are transverse and sound waves are longitudinal
Are electromagnetic waves classified as longitudinal waves?
No. Electromagnetic waves are classified as transverse waves because the electric and magnetic fields are perpendicular to the direction of propagation.
What are the waves in which matter moves at right angles to the direction of the wave?
Electromagnetic waves.
How are sound waves and electromagnetic waves different from one another?
Electromagnetic waves are transverse waves I.E the direction of movement of each particle in the medium is perpendicular to the direction of the transfer of energy, similar to a water wave. Sound waves are transverse and so the direction of the movement of the particles in the medium is the same direction as the movement of the energy.
What direction does electromagnetic waves travel?
Directly away from the source.
Light waves are classified as what waves?
Optical light waves are "Electromagnetic" waves. The colour seen is dependent on the wavelength of the light. Electromagnetic waves are transverse waves where the oscillation is 90 degrees to the direction of travel (unlike sound waves which are longitudinal).
Name four media that waves can travel?
Electromagnetic waves: no medium requiredMechanical waves, such as sound: Air, water, steel, jello
What has the author Weng Cho Chew written?
Weng Cho Chew has written: 'Waves and fields in inhomogeneous media' -- subject(s): Electromagnetic waves, Electromagnetic fields
True or false radio waves are electromagnetic waves?
False
Electromagnetic waves move back and forth at right angles to the direction that the wave travels which makes them?
Compressional Waves
