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Maxwell's calculation showed that light is:Read the answer and worked solution →Radio waves are produced by accelerated charges in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which radiation is trapped by carbon dioxide and water vapour?Read the answer and worked solution →Household TV remote switches work using:Read the answer and worked solution →X-rays are produced by bombarding a metal target with:Read the answer and worked solution →The generalised form of Ampere's law is known as the:Read the answer and worked solution →Gamma rays are produced in which kind of process?Read the answer and worked solution →The total current in the Ampere Maxwell law is conduction current plus:Read the answer and worked solution →Becquerel's emission penetrated black paper and:Read the answer and worked solution →X-rays are emitted from atoms that are:Read the answer and worked solution →Whose set of equations predicted electromagnetic waves?Read the answer and worked solution →The extra term Maxwell added to Ampere's law is the:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Maxwell's calculation showed that light is:

  1. A magnetic field line
  2. An electromagnetic wave
  3. A stream of hot air
  4. A displacement current
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Correct answer: B. An electromagnetic wave

1. The predicted wave speed equalled the measured speed of light. 2. That match could not be a coincidence. 3. So light itself is an electromagnetic wave. 4. The answer is an electromagnetic wave. _Source: syllabus Physics, Ch 8 'Electromagnetic Waves'_

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Radio waves are produced by accelerated charges in:

  1. Inner shell orbits
  2. Hot molecules
  3. Conducting wires
  4. Atomic nuclei
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Correct answer: C. Conducting wires

1. Different parts of the spectrum come from different sources. 2. Radio waves come from currents oscillating in an aerial. 3. That is accelerated motion of charges in conducting wires. 4. So the answer is conducting wires. _Source: syllabus Physics, Ch 8 'Electromagnetic Waves'_

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Which radiation is trapped by carbon dioxide and water vapour?

  1. Ultraviolet
  2. Radio waves
  3. Gamma rays
  4. Infrared
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Correct answer: D. Infrared

1. Visible light passes into the atmosphere fairly freely. 2. The warmed surface re-radiates at longer wavelengths. 3. That infrared is trapped by greenhouse gases. 4. So the answer is infrared. _Source: syllabus Physics, Ch 8 'Electromagnetic Waves'_

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