Waves And Magnets Flashcards

1
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What is the range a human ear can detect sound?

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Detect sound in the range of about 20Hz to 20000Hz

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What happens when a wave passes from one medium into another?

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It can be refracted and change direction

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What does refracted mean?

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Where a wave meets a boundary between 2 different materials and changes direction

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What is a medium?

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An object or substance

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What does the direction of refraction depend on?

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♡Angle at which the wave hits the boundary
♡The materials involved

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For light rays, the way in which a material affects refraction is called…?

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The refractive index (measure of the extent to which light is refracted by a material)

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7
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Define refractive index?

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Measure of the extent to which light is refracted by a material

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8
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What happens when light passes from air into glass?

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The velocity of light decreases (slows down) causing the direction of the waves to change

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When waves slow down (usually when entering the object) what happens to the wave?

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It bends towards the normal (right angle) and pass through the block

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What happens to waves when they pass from the glass block back to the air?

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Their velocity (speed) increases and bends away from the normal, making the object appear to have shifted position

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11
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If a wave enters or leaves the object/medium at right angles to the surface (along the normal) what happens to the waves direction?

A

It doesn’t change direction

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When a wave slows down, is it refracted towards or away from the normal?

A

TOWARDS THE NORMAL

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When a wave speeds up, is it refracted away or towards the normal?

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Refracted away from the normal

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14
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What type of wave are electromagnetic waves (EM)?

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Transverse

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What is the same for all the EM waves?

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All travel at the same velocity (speed of light) in air or in a vacuum

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What do the two ends of the EM spectrum show?

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EM spectrum extends from low frequency and low energy waves to high frequency and high energy waves

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17
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What light can human eyes detect?

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Only capable of detecting visible light

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18
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The human eye can only detect visible light, what does this mean in terms of detecting EM waves?

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Human eye can only detect a very limited range of EM waves

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19
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How many types of EM waves are there?

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7 types:
●Radio waves
●Microwaves
●Infared waves
●Visible light
●Ultraviolet waves
●X-rays
●Gamma rays

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20
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What happens when we pass white light through a prism?

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Splits into a spectrum (seven colours of the rainbow 🌈 )

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Starting with red all the way to violet, what is the frequency and wavelength of each end?

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Red end of spectrum=lower frequency,longer wavelength
Violet end of spectrum=higher frequency, shorter wavelength

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22
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What does each colour of light have?

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Different frequency and wavelength

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23
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What is the sentencd to remember the electromagnetic spectrum?

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Raw Meat Is Very Unsanitary eXcept Giraffe

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The EM spectrum starts from radio waves to gamma rays at the end, what happens to the frequency and wavelength?

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●Frequency increases from radio waves to gamma rays
●Wavelength decreases from radio waves to gamma rays

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25
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What do scientists say about the electromagnetic spectrum?

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It is a continous spectrum

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26
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Scientists call the electromagnetic spectrum a continous spectrum, what does this mean?

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The cut-off point between one type of a wave and another is not always clear

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27
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All electromagnetic waves travel at the same speed in a vacuum, what is the speed?

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300 million / 3x10^8 m/s
(Meteres per second)

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28
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Where are radiowaves used?

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Television, radio, bluetooth

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29
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Where are microwaves used?

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Satellite communications and to cook food

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30
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What are the uses of infrared?

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Electrical heaters, cooking food, infrared heaters

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31
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Where is visible light used?

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Fibre optic communications

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32
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Where is ultraviolet waves (UV) used?

A

Energy efficient light bulbs and sunbeds

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33
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Uses of x-rays?

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Medical imaging and treatment

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34
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Gamma ray uses?

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Tumour treatment and sterilising food

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35
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What does changes in atoms and in the nucleus of atoms cause?

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Can result in EM waves being generated or absorbed

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36
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What does the risk of damage from EM waves depend on?

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Risk of damage from EM waves depends on TYPE OF RADIATION AND AMOUNT OF EXPOSURE

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37
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Give an example of where changes in atoms causes EM waves to be generated?

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●Electrins moving between energy levels as a result of heat or electrical excitation generates waves such as infrared waves, visible light, UV waves, X-Rays

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38
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What do ultraviolet waves, x-rays and gamma rays do to the body?

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If they carry enough energy they can have a hazardous effect on the human body

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39
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How do UV waves damage the bod?

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UV waves cause skin to age prematurely and increase the risk of cancer

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40
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How do x-rays and gamma rays damage the body?

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X-rays and gamma rays are ionising radiation, damage cells by ionising atoms if absorbed by nucleus of cell it can cause gene mutations and cancer

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41
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How does a lens form an image?

A

By reflecting light

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42
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What are the two types of lens?

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●Convex
●Concave

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43
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Describe the shape of a convex lens?

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Wider in middle than at edges

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44
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What happens to parallel rays of light when it enters a convex lens?

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Parallel rays of light are brought to thr focal point/principal focus (point where parallel rays of light travelling through a lens meet)

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45
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What is the other name given to cover lenses?

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As parallel rays of light entering a convex lens converge (come together) they are sometimes called converging lenses

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46
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What is the name given to the distance from the lens to the principal focus/focal point?

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The focal length

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47
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Describe the shape of a concave lens?

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Wider at edges than in the middle

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48
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What happens to parallel rays of light entering a concave lens?

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They are spread out

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49
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When parallel rays of light enter a concave lens it spreads out, what does this make the rays appear to be coming from?

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The principal focus on the same side of the lens that they originated

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50
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What are concave lenses also called?

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Diverging lenses as when light enters a concave lens it diverges (spreads out)

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51
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What type of images do convex lenses produce?

A

Produce real or virtual images

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52
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What type of images do concave lenses create?

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Virtual image

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53
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What is a real image?

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Opposite side of lens to object, can be projected onto a screen

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54
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What is a virtual image?

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Same side as object, only seen by looking through lens

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55
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What are the key features of an object that has gone through a convex lens further than 2 focal points (2F)?

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•image is smaller than object (diminished)
•image is inverted
•real image - rays meet at a point

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What are the properties of an image that had gone through a convex lens less than 2 focal point lengths away?

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•Image larger than object
•Inverted
•Real image

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57
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What is the object in a lens diagram?

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Object is the thing that will appear different when it’s passed through the lens

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58
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What is the image in a lens object?

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The thing that is produced once passed through the lens

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60
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Why does magnification have no units?

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Because it’s z ratio

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What type of image is produced in a convex lens when the object is less than 1 focal length from the lens?

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Magnified image

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What are the 3 key features of a convex lens,less than 1 focal length away from thd lens?

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•Image is magnified
•Same way up
•Virtual (image not real as don’t actually meet at a point)

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63
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When is the only time a convex lens produces a virtual image?

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When it’s used as a magnifying glass

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65
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What is ‘visible light’?

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Electromagnetic waves that can be detected by the human eye

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66
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What happens when light is incident on (arrives and hits)?

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An object can be reflected, absorbed or trsansmitted

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What is specular reflection?

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When an object is reflected by a smooth surface in a single direction (a mirror)

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What type of reflection is this…
Reflection by a smooth surface in a single direction?

A

Specular reflection

69
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Give an object that uses specular reflection?

70
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What is diffuse reflection?

A

Reflection from a rough surface where light is scattered

71
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What type of reflection is this…
Reflection from a rough surface where the light is scattered?

A

Diffuse reflection

72
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What does transparent mean in terms of light?

A

Light rays transmit coherently (don’t get jumbled up) so objects on other side can be seen clearly

73
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What does a transparent object do to light rays?

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Transmits light coherently (light rays don’t get jumbled up) so objects on other side can be seen clearly

74
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Is the object through something transparent clear or clouded?

75
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What does a translucent object do to light rays?

A

Scatters the light rays

76
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What sort of image does a translucent object create?

A

An image which you can’t see clearly

78
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Does a translucent object transmit light?

A

Yes, but rays are scattered so objects can’t be seen clearly through them

79
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What does an opaque object do to light rays?

A

Reflects or absorbs all light incident (light that hits a surface) so no light passes through them

80
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How much light passes through an opaque object?

81
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Define the word light incident?

A

Light that hits a surface

82
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What happens when the colour of the colour filter is the same colour as the object?

A

Object appears it’s true colour

83
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What colour does a red or blue striped object appear through a red filter?

A

Red and black as filter only allows red light through

84
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A red filter shows the colours of an object to be red and black, what actual colours are the object?

A

Red or blue stripped

85
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What happens to the colour of red or blue stripped objects when they pass through a green filter?

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Appear black, green filter doesn’t allow red or blue to pass through

86
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An object appears black through green filter paper, what is the actual colour of the object?

A

Red or blue stripped

88
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What are bodies in physics?

89
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Do all bodies(objects) emit and absorb infrared radiation?

90
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What does the rate an object emit radiation depend on?

A

Surface of object and the temp

91
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How fast does a hot body (object) emit radiation?

A

Hotter the body, faster it emits infrared radiation

92
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What does a perfect black body do?

A

°absorbs all infrared radiation incident on it
°doesn’t transmit or reflect any infrared radiation

93
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What sort of body absorbs all infrared radiation incident on it?

A

Perfect black body

94
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What sort of body doesn’t reflect ot transmit any infrared radiation?

A

Perfect black body

95
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How does a colour filter work?

A

Filters(blocks) out some colours while letting othdr through

96
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Does a colour filter produce a colour effect when viewing coloured objects?

A

NO - this is a common mistake made !!!

97
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What does the temperature of a body (object) determine?

A

The Rate it emits radiation
The wavelength of the radiation

98
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What happens to radiation when temperature of a black body increases?

A

As temp increases the amount of radiation an object emits (at all wavelengths) increases

99
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Does the radiation intensity of a shorter wavelength increase slower of faster than a longer wavelength?

100
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What does the temperature of an object depend on?

A

The balance between the radiation absorbed and emitted

101
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Why does the ground on a sunny day increase in temperature?

A

Grounds absorbs radiation from the sun faster than it emits, as ground gets warmer the rate which the ground emits will increase

102
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Why is the ground a constant temperature on a sunny day?

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Eventually the rate of emission is equal to the rate of absorption of the ground

103
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What does the temperature of earth depend on? (Black bodies)

A

▪︎How much energy recieved from sun
▪︎How much energy emitted into space
▪︎How much energy is reflected back into space

104
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Does the temperature of earth depend on how much energy is emitted into space?

105
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Does the temp of the earth depend on how much energy is recieved by the sun?

106
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Does the temperature of the earth depend on how much energy is reflected back into space?

107
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What does the earths atmosphere affect? *radiation

A

How much radiation is emitted from the surface escapes into space

108
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How much of the radiation thats emitted and escapes into space is affected by what?

A

Earth’s atmosphere

109
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The coals in a barbecue glow red, burning magnesium is bright white, what does this show about temp?

A

Magnesium burns at a higher temp

110
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What are Matt black surfaces best emitters and absorbers of?

A

Infrared radiation

111
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What type of surfaces absorbs and emits infrared radiation thd best?

A

Matt black surfaces

112
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Does a cooler or hotter object emit more radiation in a give time?

A

Hotter object

113
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Ad an object gets hotter what type of wavelength radiation does it emit?

A

Shorter wavelength radiation than cooler objects

114
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What wavelength does a very hot object emit?

A

Shorter wavelength radition

116
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Why do very hot objects produce visible light?

A

Very hot objects emit shorter wavelength radiation

117
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Very hot objects emit shorter wavelength radiation, what does this result in?

A

Visible light

118
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Is a good emmiter a good black body?

119
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If an object is cooler than its surroundings, what will happen to its temp?

A

It will absorb more radiation than it emits so object temp will increase

120
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What does an object at constant temp mean is happening interms of absorbing and emitting radiation ?

A

Object is absorbing radiation at the same rate it is emitting

121
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What does is the temp an object when its absorbing radiation at the same rare it is emitting?

A

Constant temp

122
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If an object is warmer than its surroundings What will happen to its temp?

A

Decrease as it will emit more than absorbs

123
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If the temp of an object decreases what is the temp of the surroundings?

A

Cooler than object

124
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If an object is warmer than its surroundings will it emit more or less radiation?

125
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Why are cloudy nights warmer than cloudless nights?

A

Clouds reflect infrared back to earth to prevent it being radiated into space

126
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Infrared emission from most to lowest?

A

Matt black
Shiny black
White
Shiny metallic

127
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What happens to infrared when it hits a Shiny metallic surface?

A

Tends to be reflected

128
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What material is the best emitter and absorber of infrared?

A

Matt black surfaces

129
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What are the two types of poles?

A

North and south

130
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What is the attraction between the poles?

A

☆Like poles repel
☆Unlike poles attract

131
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Where is the force the strongest on a magnet?

A

At the poles

132
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Define magnetic field?

A

Region around a magnet where a force acts on another magnet

133
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What does the magnetic fields strength depend on?

A

Srength depends on distance from magnet

134
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What are the two types of magnets that produce a magnetic field?

A

Permanent magnet
Induced magnet

135
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What is a permanent magnet?

A

Produces its own magnetic field

136
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What is an induced magnet?

A

Becomes a magnet when placed in a magnetic field

137
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What happens to induced magnets when they are removed from their magnetic field?

A

They lose their magnetism very quickly

138
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What is density of field lines called?

A

Flux density

139
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What does flux density show?

A

Strength of magnetic field at that point

140
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If magnetic lines are closer what does this mean?

A

The closer the lines the higher the flux density

141
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What does a high flux density mean?

A

The higher the flux density the stronger the field and the greater the force the other magnet would feel

142
Q

What is a magnetic compass?

A

Contains a small bar magnetic and has a compass needle that aligns with the earth’s magnetic field

143
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What does a magnetic compass provide evidence of?

A

That the earth’s core is magnetic

144
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What do we use magnetic compasses to plot?

A

The field around a magnet

145
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What are the first 3 steps to plot the field around a magnetic bar?

A

1-place the bar magnet on paper
2-place compass at one end of magnet
3-on the paper mark where the point of the needle compass is

146
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What are the last 3 stages of plotting the field around a bar magnet?

A

4-move the compass so the tail if the needle is at the point you just marked
5-mark the new point
6-repeat until full field is plotted

147
Q

What happens when a current flows in a conducting wire?

A

A magnetic field is produced around the wire

148
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What do the direction of field lines depend on?

A

Direction of current, can be found using the right hand grip method

149
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What is the right hand grip method?

A

☆Grip the wire with your right hand, thumb points in direction of current
☆Fingers curled around wire show the direction of the field lines

150
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How do we know the direction of the current using the right hand grip method?

A

The thumb points in the direction of the current

151
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How do we know the direction of the magnetic field using the right hand grip method?

A

Fingers curled around the wire point to the direction of magnetic field

152
Q

What does the strength of a magnetic field depend on?

A

Depends on size of thd current and distance from wire

153
Q

When is a solenoid formed?

A

When a wire is looped into a cyndrical coil

154
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What does shaping wire into a solenoid do?

A

Increases the magnetic field strength

155
Q

What increases the solenoid magnetic field even more?

A

When an iron core is added, creates an electromagnet

156
Q

What does a solenoid convert electrical energy into?

A

Mechanical energy

157
Q

How does a solenoid increase the magnetic field?

A

•Concentrates longer piece of wire into a small area
•Looped shape means magnetic field lines are all in the same direction

158
Q

How can the north pole of a solenoid be found?

A

By using the right hand grip method

159
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How do the right hand grip method show the current of a solenoid?

A

~Hold solenoid in right hand, fingers will follow the direction of current

160
Q

How does the right hand grip method show the north pole of a solenoid?

A

Thumb points to the direction of the north pole when holding it

161
Q

Many devices use electromagnets, what is an electromagnet?

A

A magnet consisting of an iron or steel core wound with a coil of wire, through which a current is passed

162
Q

How does an electric bell work (electromagnetic device)?

A

1~switch is pushed,electromagnet is magnetised
2~electromagnetic attracts the armature
3~hammer strikes the gong and breaks the circuit
4~armature springs back,completing the circuit again and remagnestising the electromagnet

163
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How do we use a compass to detect a current?

A

Current is off, compass needle lines up with the earth’s magnetic field. Current on the compass needle deflects=shows there is a magnetic field

164
Q

What does it mean if the compass needle deflects when using it to detect a current?

A

Current is on so there is a magnetic field

165
Q

When we turn on the current of a solenoid, what sort of magnetic field is produced?

A

A strong and uniform magnetic field is produced inside the solenoid

166
Q

Why are electromagnets very useful?

A

As we can change the strength of the magnetic field by changing the current and we can turn it on or off

167
Q

What are the 3 ways you can increase the strength of the magnetic field produced by a solenoid?

A

▪︎Increase size of current
▪︎Number of coil turns
▪︎Iron core