Electromagnetic Radiation

Light, X-rays and microwaves are all the same kind of thing - electromagnetic radiation

Light is a type of Electromagentic Radiation 

• Light is a type of electromagnetic radiation (EM radiation)
• Radiation is a transfer of energy. For example, sunlight is a transfer of energy from the sun to the Earth
• Visible light (the colours if the rainbow, from red to violet) is just radition that our eues can detect
• There are seven types of radition altogether, making up the electromagnetic spectrum:
  • Radio waves
  • Micro waves
  • Infrared
  • Visible light
  • Ultra violet
  • X-rays
  • Gamma rays

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