radio waves electromagnetic spectrum visible light waves microwaves infrared waves ultraviolet waves...

8
Radio Waves Electromagnetic Spectrum Visible Light Waves Microwaves Infrared Waves Ultraviolet Waves X-Ray Waves Gamma Ray Waves

Upload: owen-copeland

Post on 28-Dec-2015

263 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: Radio Waves Electromagnetic Spectrum Visible Light Waves Microwaves Infrared Waves Ultraviolet Waves X-Ray Waves Gamma Ray Waves

Radio Waves

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Visible Light Waves

Microwaves

Infrared Waves Ultraviolet

WavesX-Ray Waves

Gamma Ray Waves

Page 2: Radio Waves Electromagnetic Spectrum Visible Light Waves Microwaves Infrared Waves Ultraviolet Waves X-Ray Waves Gamma Ray Waves

Radius Of A Proton

The Small Scale

Radius of Nucleus of Gold Atom

Radius of Hydrogen Atom

Width of DNA Helix

Length of Average Virus

Length of average

Bacterium

Page 3: Radio Waves Electromagnetic Spectrum Visible Light Waves Microwaves Infrared Waves Ultraviolet Waves X-Ray Waves Gamma Ray Waves

Width of a human hair

The Human Scale (1)

Basketball Court

Radius of Pin Head

One InchOne Foot

Height of “Average”

Human

Page 4: Radio Waves Electromagnetic Spectrum Visible Light Waves Microwaves Infrared Waves Ultraviolet Waves X-Ray Waves Gamma Ray Waves

Distance Sound Travels in one second

(Thunder follows lightning one mile away by 5 seconds)

The Human Scale (2)

Football Field

Altitude of GLAST Orbit

One Mile Mount Everest World’s tallest

mountain

Page 5: Radio Waves Electromagnetic Spectrum Visible Light Waves Microwaves Infrared Waves Ultraviolet Waves X-Ray Waves Gamma Ray Waves

Radius of our Moon

Solar System & Nearby Stars

Radius of Jupiter

Radius of the Earth

Radius of the SunRadius of Moon’s Orbit

Page 6: Radio Waves Electromagnetic Spectrum Visible Light Waves Microwaves Infrared Waves Ultraviolet Waves X-Ray Waves Gamma Ray Waves

Distance from the Earth to

Pluto

Solar System & Nearby Stars (2)

Distance to HD70642(A sun-like star with

a Jupiter-like planet.)

Distance to Sirius (the Dog Star)

Brightest star in our night sky

Radius of Oort Cloud

(from the Sun to the outer edge of our

solar system)

Distance from the Earth to the Sun

(1 AU)

Page 7: Radio Waves Electromagnetic Spectrum Visible Light Waves Microwaves Infrared Waves Ultraviolet Waves X-Ray Waves Gamma Ray Waves

Distance to the Crab Pulsar (Spinning neuron star in

constellation Orion)

Astronomical Scale (1)

Radius of Milky Way Galaxy

Distance to the Galactic Center of

the Milky Way

Distance to LCM – Large Magellanic Cloud(A dwarf satellite galaxy of our

Milky Way)Distance to Andromeda

(Largest galaxy in our Local Group)

Page 8: Radio Waves Electromagnetic Spectrum Visible Light Waves Microwaves Infrared Waves Ultraviolet Waves X-Ray Waves Gamma Ray Waves

Radius of Virgo Supercluster

(Our Local Group of galaxies rotates near outer edge)

Astronomical Scale (2)

Distance to AGN 3C 273(Sustained energy of a trillion suns)

Radius of Observable Universe

Distance to GRB 990123 (Equal to the energy of a billion-billion suns)