College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 22 - Conceptual Questions - Page 861: 13

Answer

If a camera sensitive to infrared wavelengths detects a space in a home that has higher temperatures than normal, officials may suspect that a heat lamp used for growing plants could be the source of these warmer temperatures.

Work Step by Step

Infrared waves are EM waves which can be used to detect objects that are warmer than the surrounding temperature. In order to grow plants efficiently indoors, people supply a heat source to help the plants grow. If a camera sensitive to infrared wavelengths detects a space in a home that has higher temperatures than normal, officials may suspect that a heat lamp used for growing plants could be the source of these warmer temperatures.
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