By: Paulo Torres

Day 1: Wednesday April 17th

, 2013………………………………………………………1

Day 2: Thursday April 18th

, 2013…………………………………………………….......2

Day 3: Friday April 19th

, 2013……………………………………………………………3

Day 4: Saturday April 20th

, 2013………………………………………………………....4

Day 5: Sunday April 21st, 2013…………………………………………………………..5

Crossword Puzzle………………………………………………………………………..6

Crossword Puzzle- Solution……………………………………………………………..7

Day 1: Wednesday April 17th

, 2013

6:35 a.m.: I went down to eat breakfast and placed the milk on the microwave to heat it up. The

microwave uses microwaves to heat the milk by penetrating through glass.

7:15 a.m.: On my way to school, I heard music in the different radio stations. The radio uses radio

waves since a signal is transmitted from an antenna in order for us to hear what the radio produces.

10:10 a.m.: During recess, I had to make a phone call to my father in order to advise him I was

going to stay in extras until 4:00. The cellphone uses radio waves/microwaves (it can be both, since

microwaves are a type of radio waves despite the fact they are considered as one independent type

of light wave).

3:30 p.m.: I arrived to my home after a day at school, and started to watch T.V. The wireless remote

control to change from one channel to another on the T.V. uses infrared rays.

6:00 p.m.: I went to leave my father at the airport since he had to go on a business flight to another

region inside the country. On the airport, x-rays were used to check the package inside the bag my

dad carried to travel.

Day 2: Thursday April 18th

, 2013

6:20 a.m.: I woke up and instantly saw the alarm of the clock telling me to wake up because it was

already time for me to get up for school. When I watched the alarm, it was an example of visible

light since it is something I can see.

6:55 a.m.: I did not have the chance of eating breakfast as I often do, so my only left solution was to

put a toast in the toaster. The toaster uses infrared rays to heat up the bread for a healthy breakfast.

9:00 a.m.: On technology class, I used the computer to complete my design cycle report. The

computer uses visible light because by the pigments in the computer, we are able to see these colors

and the light.

4:55 p.m.: When I arrived to my house, after it had rained extremely hard at school, I saw a rainbow

that was produced in the sky. The rainbow is an example of visible light, which is the tiny portion of

the electromagnetic spectrum that we can actually see through our eyes.

5:00 p.m.: I got to my house and started watching T.V. The television not only uses visible light on

the image we see, or infrared through the wireless remote, but it also uses radio waves because the

information (channels and shows) are transmitted to the artifact through an antenna from the

provider.

Day 3: Friday April 19th

, 2013

7:00 a.m.: I turned on the light bulb in my room, which gave me the possibility to see well. The light

bulb uses visible light since we are able to see the light it transmits to our eyes.

10: 15 a.m.: During recess, I walked through the school for a few minutes until arriving to the SUM.

It was sunny outside. While walking, I was exposed to infrared rays, which were emitted from the

sun.

10:15 a.m.: At this same time I walked through school, it was sunny outside. While walking, I was

exposed to ultraviolet rays radiated from the sun, and this stimulated me to produce vitamin D in my

skin.

4:30 a.m.: I made a phone call on my cellphone, to one of my friends to talk about something we

needed to discuss between us. The cellphone uses microwaves, which are actually a type of radio

waves, to permit the communication from one cellphone to another.

5:20 p.m.: I got into the car and travelled towards Tumbaco, and there I saw a policeman with radar

to detect the speed of the cars at the Simon Bolivar Street. Radars use radio waves because an

antenna transmits the information towards this artifact.

Day 4: Saturday April 20th

, 2013

7:10 a.m.: After twenty minutes from when I woke up, I went downstairs to the kitchen in order to

have breakfast. As breakfast I had milk, pancakes and toasts. To make the toasts, I placed them on

the toaster. The toaster uses infrared rays to heat the bread.

10:30 a.m.: I invited a friend to come over to my house and together we played a videogame. The

controller of this videogame uses infrared rays because it has wireless connection with the

system/console.

4:30 p.m.: Since we had played and talked all day long, we were hungry so we made popcorn on the

microwave. The microwave uses microwaves in order to heat the food, and in this case, as the waves

heated the popcorn, more of it was produced.

5:00 p.m.: I used my cellphone for chatting to different persons of my class. The cellphone in this

case uses radio waves to deliver the messages from one place to another with the need of an antenna

for the signal to be working.

7:00 p.m.: We turned on the radio in order for hearing the music we liked; we placed it in a station

we both liked. The radio uses radio waves since in order for the information or the music in the

radio to reach our ears and to reach the actual devices; it has to be passed through the nearest

antenna.

Day 5: Sunday April 21st, 2013

6:45 a.m.: I woke up early to watch the Formula 1 race held in Bahrain. I watched this race on the

TV, which uses radio waves since the antenna transmits the information of the channel to the TV.

9:30 a.m.: I woke up early because I had a lunch with my family at Tumbaco, where my property is

located. While driving by, I watched as the members of the police crew stand there, but one held

radar, making sure we were not exceeding the speed. Radars use radio waves.

12:00 p.m.: After watching the Playoffs game between the Hawks and the Pacers, I went outside to

the garden. I saw the grass, and this is an example of visible light because I was able to see that the

grass is green (which is one of the seven colors we can distinguish).

3:00 p.m. I went to the store and the cashier used an artifact to inspect the bills given. This artifact

uses ultraviolet rays to detect if the bill is false or indeed genuine.

3:30 p.m.: I went to play tennis with my father because the climate was enjoyable and sunny. While

we played, I was exposed to infrared rays being radiated by the sun, as well as of ultraviolet rays,

also radiated from the sun.

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Vertical:

1. Most objects give off this type of wave.

2. The light we actually see with our eyes.

3. Type Electromagnetic wave that can kill living cells.

4. Type of wave in which Electromagnetic waves fall into.

Horizontal:

1. Wave with the lowest frequency and largest wavelength.

2. Place by which electromagnetic waves travel through without a medium.

3. Electromagnetic waves can travel as vibrations in both electric and ___________

______that are perpendicular to one another.

4. General name of the waves in the spectrum.

5. A wave considered apart of radio waves but are actually a type of the mentioned wave.

Crossword Puzzle

Crossword Puzzle´s Solution

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Vertical:

1. Answer: Infrared

2. Answer: Visible light

3. Answer: Ultraviolet rays

4. Answer: Transverse

Horizontal:

1. Answer: Radio

2. Answer: Vacuum

3. Answer: Magnetic fields

4. Answer: Electromagnetic waves

5. Answer: Microwaves