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1
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What does Transparent mean?

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Transparent materials transmit light which means you can see through them

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What does translucent mean?

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Translucent materials transmit some light but not all which means you cannot see clearly through them.

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What does Opaque mean?

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Opaque materials absorb light which means you cannot see through them and a shadow is formed behind them.

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What is refraction?

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Refraction is the change in angle of light when it passes from one transparent medium to another. This happens because it changes speed.

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What is the job of the lens?

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To focus light

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What is the job of the cornea?

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To protect the eye

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What is the job of the iris?

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It changes size to contract/dilate the pupil

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What is the job of the pupil?

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To allow light to pass through.
The Gap the light passes through

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What is the job of the retina?

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To collect light

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What is the job of the optic nerve?

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To send an electrical signal to the brain
Sends an electrical signal to the brain

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What do you call an object which produces light?
And its antonym

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Luminous
Non-luminous

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What happens to light when it hits an object?

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It can be either absorbed, reflected or transmitted

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What is the speed of light?

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300,000,000 m/s
300,000 km/s

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What are the primary colours?

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Red, Green & Blue

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What are the secondary colours?

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Magenta, Cyan & Yellow

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16
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Which colour absorbs the most light?

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Black

17
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Which colour reflects the most light?

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White

18
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What is white light made of?

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All the colours

19
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What is the law of reflection?

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Angle of incidence = Angle of reflection

20
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There is a Yellow Filter. Which colour light can pass through?

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Red and Green

21
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There is a Magenta filter. Which colour light can pass through?

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Red and Blue

22
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There is a Cyan filter. Which colour light can pass through?

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Blue and Green

23
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There is a Cyan filter. There is Red light. What colour will there be?

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Black

24
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What does amplitude mean?

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Amplitude is the height of a wave

25
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What does Frequency mean?

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Frequency is the number of waves that pass a point in a second

26
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What does Wavelength mean?

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The wavelength is the length of a wave.

27
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What type of wave is light?

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Transverse

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