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1
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Light travels in …

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straight lines

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2
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Light is an …

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Electromagnetic wave

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3
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Shadows from when …

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light cannot reach an area

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4
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Always draw arrows on …

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the light rays

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5
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Always draw a dotted …

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Normal line

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6
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Use a …

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Ruler

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7
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The normal line is always …

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90 degrees from surface

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8
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Occurs when light travels through an object

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Refraction

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9
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When light goes in to another medium it changes direction …

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Closer to the normal

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10
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Occurs when light bounces off an object

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Reflection

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11
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Law of reflection

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Angle of incidence = Angle of reflection

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What mirror? Angles viewing angle. Objects appear smaller

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Convex mirror

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What mirror? Objects upside down if far away. Objects appear larger if close to mirror.

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Concave Mirror

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What lense is this? Converges to light. Objects far away are upside down. Objects close up are magnified

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Convex lense

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What lense is this? Diverges the light. Widens field of vision. Objects seem smaller.

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Concave lenses

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16
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Name the three primary colours

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Red blue green

17
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Mix two of the primary colours and get …

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Magenta Cyan Yellow

18
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Mix all three primary colours to get …

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White

19
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When light hits an object all colour other than the one we see is

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absorbed

20
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Describe dispersion

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Dispersion is when you shine white light at certain angles and you can split it into all of its parts. For this we use a prism.

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