Electromagnetic waves exam tips

Exam tips

• Types of electromagnetic waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to distinguish visible light from the rest of the electromagnetic spectrum..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the exam specification point for Types of electromagnetic waves.

• Types of electromagnetic waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to identify ultraviolet, X-rays and gamma rays as ionising radiation..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the exam specification point for Types of electromagnetic waves.

• Types of electromagnetic waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to distinguish ionising from non-ionising electromagnetic radiation..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the exam specification point for Types of electromagnetic waves.

• Types of electromagnetic waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to use spectrum order to compare radio, microwave, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-ray and gamma radiation..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the exam specification point for Types of electromagnetic waves.

• Properties of electromagnetic waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to explain that electromagnetic waves transfer energy from source to absorber..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the exam specification point for Properties of electromagnetic waves.

• Properties of electromagnetic waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to describe how electromagnetic waves can be absorbed by matter..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the exam specification point for Properties of electromagnetic waves.

• Properties of electromagnetic waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to describe how electromagnetic waves can be transmitted through matter..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the exam specification point for Properties of electromagnetic waves.

• Properties of electromagnetic waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to describe how electromagnetic waves can be reflected at surfaces..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the exam specification point for Properties of electromagnetic waves.

• Properties of electromagnetic waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to describe how electromagnetic waves can be refracted at boundaries..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the exam specification point for Properties of electromagnetic waves.

• Properties of electromagnetic waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to explain that electromagnetic waves travel at different speeds in different media..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the exam specification point for Properties of electromagnetic waves.