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Electromagnetic wave electric charges that can travel through space where mater does not exist
Photon is a mass-less bundle of energy that behaves like a particle
Radio waves are electromagnetic waves with wavelengths longer than 10cm
Microwaves electromagnetic waves with wavelengths between 0.1 mm and 30 cm
Infrared waves are electromagnetic waves with wavelengths between about one-thousandth of a meter and about 700-billionths of a meter
Visible light is the range of electromagnetic waves that you detect with your eyes
Ultraviolet waves electromagnetic waves with wavelengths from about 400-billionths to 10-billionths of a meter
X-rays electromagnetic waves with wavelengths between about ten-billionths of a meter and ten-trillionths of a meter
Gamma rays electromagnetic waves with wavelengths shorter than about 100-trillionths of a meter
Carrier wave an electromagnetic wave with the specific frequency that a station is assigned
Modulation the process of adding the signal wave to the carrier wave
Analog signal are electric signals whose values change smoothly over time
Digital signal is an electric signal where there are only two possible values: on and off
Transceiver transmits one radio signal and receives another radio signal
Global positioning system is a system of satellites,ground monitoring stations, and receivers that determine your exact location at or above earths surface
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