Across
- 2. Type of radiation with the highest frequency, highest energy, and shortest wavelength
- 8. used for long-distance telephone calls, signals for cables tv, weather forecast, and microwave
- 9. A lens that is thinner in the center than at the edges; diverging
- 10. of reflection angle between incident and normal
- 11. radiation with enough energy to KNOCK electrons off some atoms of a bombarded substance to • roduce ions
- 15. founder of modern physics; father of electromagnetic theory
- 17. highest point of a wave
- 18. range of electromagnetic signals encompassing all frequencies
- 19. that rebounds from the surface
- 20. Energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles.
Down
- 1. Electromagnetic radiation that can be seen with the unaided eye; traffic lights, car headlights, LCDs,surgery, biomedical, microscopyultraviolet radiation
- 3. wave A wave that needs a medium to travel through
- 4. a mirror with a flat surface
- 5. Hertz demonstrated the physical existence of radio waves in 1877
- 6. A lens that is thicker in the middle than at the edges; converging
- 7. waves second on the electromagnetic spectrum going from lowest to highest frequency. can be felt as heat. known as "below red"
- 12. when it is diverging, it is
- 13. cycle per second is the unit of
- 14. Electromagnetic radiation having a very short wavelength, can penetrate substances such as skin and muscle
- 16. any surface that is smooth enough to produce a regular reflection
