Electromagnetic waves

Introduction

I have found some material about Electromagnetic waves. I believe this material will give a little insight on what is taught in Universities, and there's also a material that I believe is an Exam paper. It's pretty interesting to compare what do people in other countries study in physics.

Task

Here are some questions that need to be answered:

  1. What are waves?
  2. What are the types of waves?
  3. What is light?
  4. What is amplitude?
  5. What is the propagation velocity of a periodic wave?
  6. What creates a magnetic field?
  7. What is the main difference between AM and FM waves?
  8. How can you describe the speed of an electromagnetic wave in the vacuum?
  9. What do electromagnetic waves carry?
  10. What is the speed of electromagnetic waves in a material medium?

Process

Answers to these questions you can find in sources below:

Evaluation

Good job! You can compare your answers to the right answers down below:

1.

Transfer of energy from place to place without transferring mass
2. Transverse and longitudinal
3. An electromagnetic wave
4. Maximum excursion of a particle of the medium from the particles undisturbed position
5. V=λ/T
6. The current used to generate the electric wave
7. AM waves are longer and tend to bend easier than FM waves
8. It is related to the free space permeability and permittivity
9. Energy
10. v =1/(SQRT)(με)

Conclusion

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