How Does Microwave Radiation Affect the growth of living organisms?
Electromagnetic Radiation is a type of radiant energy, which is transferred to other object through waves or protons. The small waves which vibrate and are running around in the small radiation box (microwave) are called frequency. Because of the very fast and rapid movements of waves, it causes electromagnetic heat or electromagnetic waves. The inside of the microwave is always metal, which makes it nonreflecting. When the objects are warmed up in the microwave, they actually heat themselves by the friction of the liquids inside of the food. The radiation waves bounce from one side of the microwave to the other, without stopping. An interesting fact about the waves of radiation is that in a vacuum the energy acquires its speed to as fast as light speed.
Electromagnetic Radiation is a type of radiant energy, which is transferred to other object through waves or protons. The small waves which vibrate and are running around in the small radiation box (microwave) are called frequency. Because of the very fast and rapid movements of waves, it causes electromagnetic heat or electromagnetic waves. The inside of the microwave is always metal, which makes it nonreflecting. When the objects are warmed up in the microwave, they actually heat themselves by the friction of the liquids inside of the food. The radiation waves bounce from one side of the microwave to the other, without stopping. An interesting fact about the waves of radiation is that in a vacuum the energy acquires its speed to as fast as light speed.
As we can see on the picture on the right, the radioactive waves make the items put into the microwave radioactive, however, if the object would be put into a huge microwave, there would be that much affect and possibility to gain radiation. One more interesting point, is that the farther you put the object the more dangerous it is, even tho it get's less radiative energy.
An interesting fact about microwave radiation:
When Organisms get x-rays on them they start to deform, the deformation causes the damage of the cells in them.
The amount of damage done by ionizing radiation is determined by how much energy it deposits per kilogram of lives, because that tells us approximately how many chemical reactions it can cause. It basically tells us that the radiation that is touching the radish seeds, bacterias and baker's yeast is enormously big. Since we only have a few hundreds of grams of each containment. So since sells get damaged, the plants start to grow faster. However, if the radiation passed the limit, some of the plants' cells get destroyed, and it doesn't grow well.
Supplies:
For my experiment I will need the following items prepared: Microwave to make the experiment work 2.Radish seeds to plant them in different pods depending on the time spent in the microwave 3. Paper Towels for the seeds to be put in the microwave 4. 4 containers with solid (for a better planting the soil should be new) 5. 4 small bags of bakers' yeast for the second experiment 6. 4 glasses of worm water (we will put yeast in it later on) 7. 4 Petri dishes (to observe the bacteria to grow) 8. Bacteria taken from the elevator buttons 9. Phone (camera) 10. Notebook (recording the results) 11. Pen, pencil 12. Water (to water the plants, and for the experiment with the baker yeast).
Experiment:
The main question that a lot of people are interested in is: “How does microwave Radiation affect different organisms?” I am very interested about it, too, so I am going to tell you about some research that I made on this topic. By the end of the experiment we will see if the result of growing objects depends on radiation of the microwave, and the period of time spent inside of it. There are a few variables which will keep the same for the entire experiment. The items are:1. The microwave which heats up the testing objects doesn't change 2. The time of the object spent in the microwave. I think it is a controlled variable, since there are 3 parts of the experiment, and all three parts have the same value of minutes of the objects spent in the machine.
For my first part of the experiment I will need radish seeds, four pods of soil, water, and a microwave. In this part I will place the radish seeds into the microwave for 0, 5, 15, 30 seconds, and then plant them in the pods. I will measure the growing speed of the plants, and will write down the results. In my opinion any of the seeds in any pod could grow faster, since from the information given before, that the waves don't cause the radiation of the items which are placed close to the source of the waves.
The second part of my experiment is to observe bacteria to grow in the same case as the first experiment(0, 5, 15, 30 seconds spent in the microwave), I will need to take some smears from the elevator buttons, since those are the spots where a lot of people touch every single day. My hypothesis for this part of the experiment would be the same as for the first one, since only the in-depended variables changed, which are: 1. elevator buttons 2. Bacteria 3. Petri dish 4. The time spent in the microwave (0, 5, 15, 30 seconds). In my opinion the results won't change, because of the non effectiveness of the “radioactive” waves in the microwaves.
The third part of my experiment is to find out whether the microwave waves cause the baker yeast to bubble up faster than the baker yeast which wasn't put in the heating machine. In my point of view the experiment won't show any results, since the waves of the microwave, don't really give any affect on the growth of organisms. However, I still think that the bakers’ yeast which was put in the water heated for 30 seconds would bubble much faster, than the one that wasn't heated at all, because the worm water is more likely to boiling, and it can cause the yeast to bubble up, too.
When Organisms get x-rays on them they start to deform, the deformation causes the damage of the cells in them.
The amount of damage done by ionizing radiation is determined by how much energy it deposits per kilogram of lives, because that tells us approximately how many chemical reactions it can cause. It basically tells us that the radiation that is touching the radish seeds, bacterias and baker's yeast is enormously big. Since we only have a few hundreds of grams of each containment. So since sells get damaged, the plants start to grow faster. However, if the radiation passed the limit, some of the plants' cells get destroyed, and it doesn't grow well.
Supplies:
For my experiment I will need the following items prepared: Microwave to make the experiment work 2.Radish seeds to plant them in different pods depending on the time spent in the microwave 3. Paper Towels for the seeds to be put in the microwave 4. 4 containers with solid (for a better planting the soil should be new) 5. 4 small bags of bakers' yeast for the second experiment 6. 4 glasses of worm water (we will put yeast in it later on) 7. 4 Petri dishes (to observe the bacteria to grow) 8. Bacteria taken from the elevator buttons 9. Phone (camera) 10. Notebook (recording the results) 11. Pen, pencil 12. Water (to water the plants, and for the experiment with the baker yeast).
Experiment:
The main question that a lot of people are interested in is: “How does microwave Radiation affect different organisms?” I am very interested about it, too, so I am going to tell you about some research that I made on this topic. By the end of the experiment we will see if the result of growing objects depends on radiation of the microwave, and the period of time spent inside of it. There are a few variables which will keep the same for the entire experiment. The items are:1. The microwave which heats up the testing objects doesn't change 2. The time of the object spent in the microwave. I think it is a controlled variable, since there are 3 parts of the experiment, and all three parts have the same value of minutes of the objects spent in the machine.
For my first part of the experiment I will need radish seeds, four pods of soil, water, and a microwave. In this part I will place the radish seeds into the microwave for 0, 5, 15, 30 seconds, and then plant them in the pods. I will measure the growing speed of the plants, and will write down the results. In my opinion any of the seeds in any pod could grow faster, since from the information given before, that the waves don't cause the radiation of the items which are placed close to the source of the waves.
The second part of my experiment is to observe bacteria to grow in the same case as the first experiment(0, 5, 15, 30 seconds spent in the microwave), I will need to take some smears from the elevator buttons, since those are the spots where a lot of people touch every single day. My hypothesis for this part of the experiment would be the same as for the first one, since only the in-depended variables changed, which are: 1. elevator buttons 2. Bacteria 3. Petri dish 4. The time spent in the microwave (0, 5, 15, 30 seconds). In my opinion the results won't change, because of the non effectiveness of the “radioactive” waves in the microwaves.
The third part of my experiment is to find out whether the microwave waves cause the baker yeast to bubble up faster than the baker yeast which wasn't put in the heating machine. In my point of view the experiment won't show any results, since the waves of the microwave, don't really give any affect on the growth of organisms. However, I still think that the bakers’ yeast which was put in the water heated for 30 seconds would bubble much faster, than the one that wasn't heated at all, because the worm water is more likely to boiling, and it can cause the yeast to bubble up, too.
Bibliography:
Damage of the cells
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC101483/
Electromagnet radiation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiation
Damage of the cells
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC101483/
Electromagnet radiation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiation