08 Light and Sound- 4th Form Flashcards

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1
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Locate the compressions and rarefactions

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What is the relationship between refractive index, incident angle and refracted angle (Snell’s Law)?

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Note: the angle i = angle in air

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When measuring an angle of incidence, what is the most common error?

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Angle of incidence is not 56°

Angle of incidence is between the incident ray and the normal

90° - 56° = 34°

incident angle = 34°

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4
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What type of wave is visible light?

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It is a transverse wave- oscillations are 90° to direction of travel

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What is the order of the visible spectrum?

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red

orange

yellow

green

blue

indigo

violet

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What shows that the chirp of each bird is the same pitch?

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same number of waves in the same time

same frequency

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Ultrasound is used in echo finding. Give one example of how human use ultrasonic echoes.

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Trawlers send ultrasonic pulses into the ocean and time how long it takes for a reflection to return from the ocean floor.

distance = speed of sound in water (1500m/s) x time of echo

depth of ocean = depth / 2

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8
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What is the frequency of sound?

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Number of vibrations per second

measured in Hertz Hz

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Why does sound travel faster in solids compared to gases?

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  1. Solids have stronger forces between particles compared to gases
  2. particles are closer together in a solid compared to a gas
  3. It is easier for vibrations to be passed between particles in a solid compared to a gas
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10
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You can find the refractive index of a block by completing the method found in the image below.

What equipment is needed and what must be measured and calculated?

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Equipment: ray box, rectangular block of glass, paper, pencil, ruler, protractor

Measure the incident and refracted angle using a protractor.

Calculate the refractive index n = sin i/ sin r

OR Repeat for different angles and plot sin i against sin r. Find the gradient of the line, this equals the refractive index

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An endoscope is one use of visible light. Light is sent down an optical fibre and an image of internal organs can be viewed by a doctor.

What prinicple of light does this application use?

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TIR or total internal reflection of light

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What happens to the speed, direction and wavelength of light when it enters a more dense medium at an angle to the normal?

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Light slows down, the waves bunch up and the wavelength decreases, the waves change direction- bend towards the normal.

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In a vacuum, the speed of light is 300 000 000 m/s. In air it is effectively the same. What is the refractive index of air and how does this compare to any other medium?

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The refractive index of air is 1.00.

The speed of light in any other medium will be lower than 300 000 000 m/s and so the refractive index will be greater than 1.00

  • i.e. the refractive index of plastic is 1.50*
  • the refractive index of water is 1.33*
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14
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What property of a sound wave indicates the loudness of the sound?

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amplitude

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Binoculars use TIR to bend light through prisms and direct it to the back of the eye. Explain what happens in each prism?

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angle of incidence = 45°

critical angle of prism is 42°

Therefore TIR occurs

If incident angle = 45°, then reflected angle= 45°

Therefore light is bent a total of 90°

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What is the relationship between the critical angle and refractive index?

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17
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What is the unit for pitch of sound?

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Hertz Hz

pitch = frequency

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18
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How is sound different from visible light?

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sound is a longitudinal wave, light is a transverse wave

sound cannot travel through a vacuum, light can

sound travels much slower in air (340 m/s), light is much faster at 300 000 000 m/s

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What type of wave is a sound wave?

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Longitudinal

Medium oscillates (to and fro) parallel to direction of wave travel

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20
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If reflection is light bouncing, what is refraction?

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Refraction is light bending (changing direction)

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21
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Determine the amplitude of the wave.

volts per division = 5 V/ div

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amplitude = 2 division

2 divisions x 5V/division= 10V

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22
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Define the angle of refraction

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the angle between the refracted ray and the normal

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23
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A prism is a triangular block of glass. The sides of the prism are not parallel.

When white light is shone through the prism, different wavelengths of light are deviated by different amounts.

What is observed and what is the effect called?

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The white light splits into a range of colours called a continuous spectrum.

The effect is called dispersion

Note: This shows that white light is a mixture of colours of the rainbow

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24
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Label the wavelength of the sound wave below

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distance from middle of one compression to the middle of the adjacent compression.

compression to compression

25
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Why does the light totally internally reflect down the glass tube?

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The angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle, therefore TIR occurs

26
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What happens to the speed, direction and wavelength of light when is enter a less dense medium?

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Light speeds up, the waves spread out and the wavelength increases, the waves bend away from the normal

27
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How can sound be produced?

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Sound is a vibration. A vibrating object will produce sound.

Sound transfers energy without transferring matter. Matter oscillates (is disturbed) as the wave passes through it.

28
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How is sound and visible light similar?

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sound and light are waves

sound and light transfer energy without transferring matter

sound and light dissipate as they travel outward

sound and light can reflect, refract and diffract

29
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Ultrasound is used in echo finding. Explain why a pulse must be sent instead of a continuous wave.

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The pulse sent must return (and be registered) before the next pulse is sent so that they can be distinguishable from each other.

30
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Which sound has the higher frequency?

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Mouse has a higher frequency sound

More waves per unit time

31
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How does the following analogy of soldiers marching in rank from concrete to mud help explain refraction.

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  1. soldiers slow down when going into mud, light slows down when going into a more dense medium
  2. rows of soldiers bunch up when in the mud, wavelength of light decreases when light enters more dense medium
  3. direction of soldier bends towards the normal when they enter the mud, ray of light bends towards the normal when entering a more dense medium
32
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When white light is passed through a prism, which colour of light is deviated the least?

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red

33
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How can you calculate the refractive index from the following graph?

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The gradient of a sin i against sin r graph equals the refractive index

gradient = 0.9/0.5 = 9/5 = 1 and 4/5 = 1.80

n = 1.80

34
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What instrument can be used to measure the frequency of sound?

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CRO and microphone

35
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How is frequency and time period related?

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frequency = 1 / time period

time period = 1 / frequency

36
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Determine the frequency of the wave.

time base = 0.5 s/ division

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peak to peak = 4 divisions

Time period = 4 x 0.5s / division = 2s

f = 1 / time period = 1/2 = 0.5 Hz

37
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Ultrasound is used in echo finding. Give one example of echo sounding in nature.

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Bats using ultrasound to locate prey.

38
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When white light is passed through a prism, which colour is deviated the most?

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violet

39
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Link the following terms which describe sound waves…

  • amplitude*
  • frequency*
  • pitch*
  • loudness*
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amplitude = loudness

frequency = pitch

40
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How can the echo method be used to measure the speed of sound through air?

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  • Stand 170 m from large wall or cliff face.
  • begin clapping at constant rate and listen for echo
  • speed up or slow down rate of clapping until your clap is at same time as you hear the echo. (sound travels there and back between claps = 340m!!)
  • time 10 full claps. (340m x 10 = 3400 m)

speed = 3400m / time

(time should be 10 second as 3400 m / 10 s = 340 m/s)

41
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What do the following graphs tell us about the relationship between the incident angle and refracted angle?

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  • i is not proportional to r (1st graph is not a straight line)
  • sin i is proportional to sin r (2nd graph is a straight line through the origin)
42
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Define the angle of incidence

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angle of incidence is the angle between the incident ray and the normal

43
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Out of the liquids listed below, which will bend light the most?

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Sodium chloride will bend light the most because it has the largest refractive index.

44
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What is the unit for wavelength of a sound?

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metres (m)

45
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How can you measure the speed of sound through air in a laboratory?

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  • Use microsecond timer connected to two microphones which are places 2.00 metres apart (using metre rules)
  • make sound (hammer on metal) behind first microphone
  • first microphone starts timer
  • second microphone stops timer
  • repeat 5 times and find mean

speed of sound = 2.00 m / average time

46
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Diamond has a very high refractive index of 2.40. This means that the critical angle is very small at 25°.

Why does this make diamond lustre?

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TIR occurs when i > critical angle

If the critical angle of diamond is only 25°, then more light is reflected within the diamond.

Diamonds are cut into a shape which allows light entering the top of the diamond to reflect within it and emerge back through the top - making it lustre!

47
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In terms of TIR, what is the critical case?

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When light is shining from a more dense medium to a less dense medium at exactly the critical angle.

In this case the light will run along the boundary with a refracted angle of 90°

48
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What is the unit for loudness of sound?

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decibels dB

49
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Ultrasound is sound of frequency greater than the human hearing range. Explain

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Human hearing range is from 20 - 20 000 Hz

Sound with frquency higher than 20 000 Hz is called ultrasound

50
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What is a normal line?

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A dotted line drawn 90° to mirror or boundary surface

51
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State the law of reflection

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incident angle = reflected angle

( note: the incident ray, normal line and reflected ray are all in the same plane)

52
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What can be altered to make a sound wave amplitude larger or smaller on the screen of a CRO?

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volts per division

53
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What is the human frequency range?

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20 - 20 000 Hz

54
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What is the critical angle?

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The critical angle is the largest angle of incidence for which refraction can still occur.

55
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What are the issues with measuring speed of sound in air using a starting pistol and stopwatch?

How can the method be improved?

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  • large reaction time using stopwatch
  • time reading can be very small and so this creates large percentage error in time readings

Improvement:

Larger distances can be used with increases the time reading and reduces the percentage error (distance > 200m is best)

56
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What must be connect to a CRO to display a sound wave?

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a microphone

57
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Determine the time period of the wave

time base = 10 ms/ division

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Peak to peak = 3.2 divisions

time period = 3.2 x 10 ms = 32 ms

58
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What happens to the speed, direction and wavelength of light when it enters a more dense medium at angle of 0° (along normal)?

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Light slows down, the waves bunch up and the wavelength decreases but the direction does not change

59
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What are the properties of a sound wave?

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Sound cannot travel through a vacuum

Sound travels fastest through a solid

Sound can reflect, refract or diffract

Sound dissipates as it travels outward

Sound travels at 340 m/s in air

Sound is a longitudinal wave

Sound transfers energy without transferring matter