Unit 4 - Lesson 2 Note guide -
How does a microwave oven use electricity to produce microwave radiation?
1) Label parts A-F in the diagram of a microwave oven from
the manual.
2) Vocabulary - as you watch the video about the magnetron, describe the purpose of these parts of a
microwave oven.
● Magnetron
● Beryllium oxide
● Antenna
● Resonant cavity
● Filament
● Copper spokes
3) Based on the video and part 2 of the reading, label the missing parts of this model of a magnetron.
4) Label the missing parts of this model of the magnetron
5) Why do we have more than one model of the same thing?
6) Fill in the missing parts of this model of a magnetron.
7) Describe what happened with the lightbulb in the microwave. What do you think causes this?