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Applications Radio Waves
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AM and FM radio; television broadcasting; radar; aircraft navigation
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Applications Microwaves
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Atomic and molecular research micorwave ovens
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Applications Infrared Waves
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infrared photography; physical therapy; heat radiation
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Applications Visible Light
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visible light photography; optical microscopes; optical telescope
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Applications UV Light
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sterilizing medical instruments indentifying fluorescent minerals
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Applications XRays
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medical examination of bones, teeth, and orans; cancer treatments
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Applications Gamma Rays
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Food irradiation; studies of structural flaws in thick materials
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Order
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Gamma Rays, X rays, UV Light, Visible Light, Infrared Light, Radio, Microwave
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Wavelength (?)
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(nm)
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Frequency (?)
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(x10^14 Hz)
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wave
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a distrubance that transmits energy through matter or space
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medium
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the matter through which a wave travels
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Mechanical Wave
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a wave that requires a medium through which to travel
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Electromagnetic Wave
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A wave caused by a disturbance in electric and magnetic fields and that does not require a medium also called a light wave
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Transverse Wave
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a wave causes the particles of the midum to vibrate perpendicularly to the direction the wave travels
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