HOW MICROWWE OVENS WORK
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Metal Floor
The ceramic bottom of your
n3icrowave oven lets micro-
waves through Then they
bounce off a metal floor,
back through the ceramic
bottom and are absorbed by
the food
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The mlCrowaves dtsturb
the center of 3 roast The heat
water molecules In the food
around the outstde is what
As the molecules bounce
cooks the ro’as+ 1111 the way
around bumping Into each
through This is one of the
other heat IS made, like rub
reasons for IeWing some
bing your hands together
foods [roasts, baked pota-
This IS the heat that cooks
toes) stand for a while after
cooking or for sttrrlng some
foods during the cooklng time