Table of Contents
- 1 What is a propagating wave in space with electric?
- 2 What is the direction of oscillating electric and magnetic fields to the propagation of waves?
- 3 How do magnitude of electric and magnetic field affects the propagation of the electromagnetic wave?
- 4 Which statement gives the relationship between the waves in the electric and magnetic fields in an electromagnetic wave?
- 5 Do electromagnetic waves oscillate in space?
- 6 How do electric fields oscillate?
What is a propagating wave in space with electric?
Electromagnetic radiation is a propagating wave in space with electric and magnetic components. These components oscillate at right angles to each other and to the direction of propagation.
What is the direction of oscillating electric and magnetic fields to the propagation of waves?
Electromagnetic waves are transverse waves. That means the electric and magnetic fields change (oscillate) in a plane that is perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the wave.
How is an electromagnetic wave propagated in space?
Once the energy of the electromagnetic wave is reemitted by an atom, it travels through a small region of space between atoms. Once it reaches the next atom, the electromagnetic wave is absorbed, transformed into electron vibrations and then reemitted as an electromagnetic wave.
How do waves propagate?
A wave can be thought of as a disturbance or oscillation that travels through space-time, accompanied by a transfer of energy. The direction a wave propagates is perpendicular to the direction it oscillates for transverse waves. A wave does not move mass in the direction of propagation; it transfers energy.
How do magnitude of electric and magnetic field affects the propagation of the electromagnetic wave?
Once created, the fields carry energy away from a source. Clearly, the larger the strength of the electric and magnetic fields, the more work they can do and the greater the energy the electromagnetic wave carries. A wave’s energy is proportional to its amplitude squared (E2 or B2).
Which statement gives the relationship between the waves in the electric and magnetic fields in an electromagnetic wave?
Which statement gives the relationship between the waves in the electric and magnetic fields in an electromagnetic wave? They are in phase but perpendicular to each other in space. Electromagnetic radiation: can behave both as a wave and as a particle.
What is propagated in wave motion?
wave motion, propagation of disturbances—that is, deviations from a state of rest or equilibrium—from place to place in a regular and organized way. Most familiar are surface waves on water, but both sound and light travel as wavelike disturbances, and the motion of all subatomic particles exhibits wavelike properties.
How do magnetic fields propagate?
Electromagnetic waves differ from mechanical waves in that they do not require a medium to propagate. This means that electromagnetic waves can travel not only through air and solid materials, but also through the vacuum of space.
Do electromagnetic waves oscillate in space?
Electromagnetic radiation, is a form of energy emitted by moving charged particles. As it travels through space it behaves like a wave, and has an oscillating electric field component and an oscillating magnetic field. These waves oscillate perpendicularly to and in phase with one another.
How do electric fields oscillate?
The electric field in an electromagnetic wave vibrates with its vectorial force growing stronger and then weaker, pointing in one direction, and then in the other direction, alternating in a sinusoidal pattern (Figure 1). At the same frequency, the magnetic field oscillates perpendicular to the electric field.