Electromagnetic waves bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Wrote the equations predicting these waves.

   Item

   Maxwell

2. Clue

   First produced the waves in a laboratory.

   Item

   Hertz

3. Clue

   The current a changing field acts as.

   Item

   Displacement

4. Clue

   How E and B sit relative to each other.

   Item

   Perpendicular

5. Clue

   Made by charges accelerating in a wire.

   Item

   Radio

6. Clue

   The band that radar systems rely on.

   Item

   Microwave

7. Clue

   Heat waves trapped by greenhouse gases.

   Item

   Infrared

8. Clue

   Mostly absorbed in the ozone layer.

   Item

   Ultraviolet

9. Clue

   Highest frequency, made in nuclei.

   Item

   Gamma

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation