1. Most waves are caused by vibrations. What motion in a transmitting antenna causes the vibrations that produce radio waves?

2. Name two common household appliances that produce electromagnetic waves other than radio waves. What kind of electromagnetic waves do they produce?

3. When you are in a car and it passes through a tunnel, the radio signal is sometimes lost. Why do you think this happens?

The answer 1 is

The best-known use of radio waves is for communication; television, cellphones and radios all receive radio waves and convert them to mechanical vibrations in the speaker to create sound waves that can be heard. Electromagnetic radiation is transmitted inwaves or particles at different wavelengths and frequencies.

the answer 2 is

Radio Waves: Instant Communication

Microwaves: Data and Heat

i think the answer number 3 is

It is all about wavelength versus tunnel diameter. The wavelength of GPS is about 20cm it would happily propagate in any normal tunnel if it could get in but the earth and other structures absorb it. AM radio (600kHz - 1500kHz) cannot propagate in any normal tunnel because the wavelength is too long (500m-200m) relative to the diameter, and thus gets reflected at the entrance. FM (100MHz ~ 3m) would propagate and it does for a while but then it suffers reflections

1. Oscillatory motion : this is the to and fro movement of wave signals from the antenna

2. a. Microwave Oven - produces microwaves

b ... Light bulb-produces visible light

3. Radio signals does not pass through a solid barrier in the dark. Just like how light can't pass through a rock. The radio signals are restored as the car gets to the entrance of the tunnel

Explanation:

Waves is a disturbance which travels displacement and transfers energy without displacing the medium itself

Most waves are caused by vibrations. What motion in a transmitting antenna causes the vibrations that produce radio waves?

Oscillatory motion : this is the to and fro movement of wave signals from the antenna

2. Name two common household appliances that produce electromagnetic waves other than radio waves. What kind of electromagnetic waves do they produce?

a. Microwave Oven - produces microwaves

b ... Light bulb-produces visible light

3. When you are in a car and it passes through a tunnel, the radio signal is sometimes lost. Why do you think this happens?

Radio signals does not pass through a solid barrier in the dark. Just like how light can't pass through a rock. The radio signals are restored as the car gets to the entrance of the tunnel