Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Another quarter, another chance... and a little bit of radiation :)It's the start of another quarter, and this time, I'll do something new, before the start of a lesson, I'll put something like "What I know about X..". And then, after a lesson, I'll put "What I learned about X...", cool huh?
What I know about Radiation-Radiation is energy transmitted in the forms of waves
-It has good effects and bad effects
-The best known sources of radiation are: x-ray, uv rays, microwaves, infrared waves, or to sum it all up, light. Another known source of radiation is are nuclear explosions
-It has industrial uses
-It is usually related to high temperatures
-Certain devices (ex. Geiger counter) are used to detect radiation
-Radiation is all around us