Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

Published by Pearson
ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 25 - Electromagnetic Waves - Conceptual Questions - Page 899: 7

Answer

Radio stations have vertical antennas and light bulbs have atoms emitting light in different directions.

Work Step by Step

We know that the radio stations transmit their electromagnetic waves through vertical antennas and thus these waves are polarized in the vertical direction. The light coming from the sun or a light bulb is unpolarized because the atoms emitting the light can have any direction relative to one another.
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