Chapter 9 Lesson 3

Amplitude modulation

Frequency modulation

Frequency medium

Fiber-optic modulation

Amplitude magnetic field

Frequency modulation

Amplitude Modulation

Analog Modulation

Electrical

Mechanical / Wind up

Data expressed as single digits usually 0 and 1

Smooth and continuous data

Data expressed as single digits, usually 0 and 1

Smooth and continuous data

Electrical

computerized

A wave that can only travel through a medium

A wave of electricity and magnetism that can travel through a medium or empty space

A wave in which the waves medium is compressed in the same direction as the movement of the wave

An electromagnetic wave whose amplitude or frequency is modulated to transmit information

Radio

Radio and video

Cell phone and Internet data

All kinds of data

long wavelength

high amplitude

constant velocity

high energy

Measures how fine and smooth a digital picture is

One element of a digital picture

It measures how much focus a digital picture has.

The clarity of detail in an image

The clarity of detail in an image

One element of a digital picture

Measures how fine and smooth a digital picture is

Measures how much focus a digital camera has.

Analog wave

Digital wave

Radio wave

Microwave

radio stations

taxi cabs

police radios

racecar drivers

Analog wave

Digital wave

Radiowave

Microwave

Radio waves

Infrared waves

Microwaves

Telephonial

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