Practice Question
1.Where do electromagnetic waves transfer energy from and to?
From a source to an absorber.
2. Explain a radio broadcast can be an example of electromagnetic waves transferring energy
Radio waves travel from transmitting aerial to a receiving aerial, through air. So, the energy is transferred by the radio waves from the transmitting aerial to the receiving aerial.
3. Suggest how Sunbathing would be an example of electromagnetic waves transferring energy.
Ultraviolet radiation is transferred from the Sun, to the skin of the person by radiation.
Absorption and Emission of EM Radiation
JJ Thomson and Plum pudding model
Ernest Rutherford and the Nuclear Model
Niels Bohr changing the Nuclear Model
Discovering the Proton and Neutron
Measuring radiation from radioactivity
Radiation types and properties
Random nature of radioactive decay
Radioactive contamination or irradiation
Hazards of contamination and irradiation
Studies on the effects of radiation on humans
Different half lives of radioactive isotopes
Nuclear Fission Chain Reaction
Writing nuclear fission equations
Accordion Content
Accordion Content