Describe How Electromagnetic Waves Are Formed And Travel Through Space
As it travels through space it behaves like a wave and has an oscillating electric field component and an oscillating magnetic field.
Describe how electromagnetic waves are formed and travel through space. In physics electromagnetic radiation em radiation or emr refers to the waves or their quanta photons of the electromagnetic field propagating radiating through space carrying electromagnetic radiant energy. It includes radio waves microwaves infrared visible light ultraviolet x rays and gamma rays. These changing fields form electromagnetic waves.
Electromagnetic waves are created by a charged particle that generates an electric field. Electromagnetic radiation is a form of energy emitted by moving charged particles. Describe how electromagnetic waves are formed and travel through space.
Electromagnetic waves differ from mechanical waves in that they do not require a medium to propagate. Their vibrations or oscillations are changes in electrical and magnetic fields at right angles to the direction of wave travel. These waves oscillate perpendicularly to and in phase with one another.
This means that electromagnetic waves can travel not only through air and solid materials but also through the vacuum of space.