Recap2


 

1.   Electromagnetic radiation is produced by regularly repeating changes in ___________ and

       _____________ fields.

 

2. _______________ is the distance between two successive wave crests.

 

3. The shorter the wavelength, the ___________ the frequency.

 

4.   The amount of energy propagated from a source decreases proportionally to the ___________

      of the distance from the source.

 

4.   The range of frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum that are just below (lower in

      frequency than) the visible range is called ____________.

 

4.   Radio wavelengths are in the (longest/shortest) ___________ range of the electromagnetic

      spectrum.

 

4.   In the visible light range, the __________ end of the spectrum has higher frequencies than the

       ________ end of the spectrum.

 

4.   The linear polarization of an electromagnetic wave is defined by the direction of its

       ______________ vector.

 

4.   The GAVRT can observe S- and X-band radio waves, which includes frequencies of ____ to

       ____ and ____ to _____ GHz, respectively.

 

1. electric, magnetic 2. wavelength 3. higher 4. square 5. infrared 6. longest 7. blue, red 8. electric 9. 2-4, 8-12



Basics of Radio Astronomy