| Use or feature | Part of the electromagnetic spectrum |
| Night vision goggles | |
| Other than visible light is used in fibre optic cables | |
| Produced by very large voltage supply in hospitals | |
| Reflected off ionosphere | |
| Preserving food by killing bacteria | |
| Has the largest wavelength | |
| Used in fibre optic cables to send signals | |
| Used to sterilise surgical instruments | |
| Heat up food under a grill | |
| Everything we see | |
| Travels the fastest in a vacuum | |
| Shortest wavelength of visible light | |
| Absorbed by bones but not soft tissue | |