Physics · AP · Electromagnetic Waves
AP Physics: Electromagnetic Waves flashcards
Maxwell's equations, the electromagnetic spectrum, frequency bands, AM and FM, intensity. 29 cards to learn: tap one to flip it.
The cards
Where this deck sits in the curriculum
- Course
- Physics
- Level
- AP
- Unit
- Electromagnetic Waves (opens in a new tab)
- SCED code
- 03157
- Textbook
- College Physics for AP Courses 2e
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How this deck was checked
On 2026-11-01, every card was compared with a primary source and with a second source from a different publisher. The comparison was done automatically, not by a teacher, so a card can still be wrong. Flash Feed is not affiliated with any source named here.
Sources
Total: 29 · primary: 4 · second publisher: 25
- Primary source Ch. 24 Glossary, College Physics for AP Courses 2e (opens in a new tab) (OpenStax (Rice University), openstax.org)
- Primary source 24.1 Maxwell's Equations: Electromagnetic Waves Predicted and Observed (opens in a new tab) (OpenStax (Rice University), openstax.org)
- Second source Gamma ray (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Visible spectrum (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
Show the other sources (25)
- Primary source 24.2 Production of Electromagnetic Waves (opens in a new tab) (OpenStax (Rice University), openstax.org)
- Primary source 24.3 The Electromagnetic Spectrum (opens in a new tab) (OpenStax (Rice University), openstax.org)
- Second source Maxwell's equations (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Intensity (physics) (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Standing wave (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Transverse wave (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Thermal radiation (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Resonance (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Heinrich Hertz (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Amplitude modulation (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source James Clerk Maxwell (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Gauss's law for magnetism (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Faraday's law of induction (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Displacement current (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Extremely low frequency (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Analog television (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Radar (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Infrared (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Carrier wave (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Electromagnetic spectrum (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Maxwell's Equations (opens in a new tab) (ETHW (IEEE), ethw.org)
- Second source Electromagnetic radiation (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Frequency (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Hertz (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
- Second source Wavelength (opens in a new tab) (Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org)
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