Select the correct statement from the following: (a) Electromagnetic waves cannot travel in vacuum. (b) Electromagnetic waves are longitudinal waves. (c) Electromagnetic waves are produced by charges moving with uniform velocity. (d) Electromagnetic waves carry both energy and momentum as they propagate through space.

Answer: (d). EM waves travel in vacuum: (a) false. They are transverse: (b) false. Uniformly moving charges do not radiate; accelerated charges do: (c) false. EM waves carry energy and momentum p = U/c (radiation pressure): (d) true. So the answer is (d).

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Nature of EM Waves & Wave Equation

Select the correct statement from the following:

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Answer: (d)

EM waves travel in vacuum: (a) false. They are transverse: (b) false.
Uniformly moving charges do not radiate; accelerated charges do: (c) false.
EM waves carry energy and momentum $p = U/c$ (radiation pressure): (d) true.
So the answer is (d).

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