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1
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Light is a form of…

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energy

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Light travels in…

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waves

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3
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Light doesn’t need …? to move

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matter

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What is the speed of light?

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about 300,000 km/s

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5
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The height of the light waves is the…

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amplitude

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The top of the light wave is called the…

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crest

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7
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The bottom of the light wave is called the…

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trough

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The wavelength distance is…

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crest to crest, or trough to trough

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Short wavelengths have a…

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high frequency

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Long wavelengths have a…

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low frequency

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The 7 types of EMS radiation

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Radio waves
Microwaves
Infrared
Visible light
Ultraviolet
X-rays
Gamma rays

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12
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Luminous objects…

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produce light

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Non-luminous objects…

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reflect light

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14
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Transmitted light…

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passes through transparent objects

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15
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Reflected light…

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bounces off objects

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16
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Objects that absorb light…

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take the energy and convert it to heat energy

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White light is formed by…

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all the colours being combined/reflected off an object

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Objects appear black when…

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they absorb all the colours of the spectrum

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19
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Objects appear certain colours when they…

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reflect that colour and absorb all the others

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20
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Regular Reflection

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Plane (flat) mirrors reflect light in a regular way (at the same angle)

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21
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Diffuse Reflection

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Most objects reflect irregular because their surface is not perfectly smooth. Light is reflected in all directions.

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Lateral inversion…

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occurs when looking at a plane mirror and the writing appears backwards

23
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The Law of Reflection

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Angle of Incidence = Angle of Reflection/Light is always reflected away at the same angle that is strikes a mirror

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Refraction is…

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the bending of light

25
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Medium

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is a substance through which light travel can travel

26
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Plural of medium

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media

27
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Refraction Index

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the density of objects can affect the speed that light can travel

27
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MTLA

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When entering a More dense medium the light ray bends Towards the normal. When entering a Less dense medium the light ray bends Away from the normal.

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Lenses

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lenses are shaped so that light passing through them is refracted (bent) in a particular way

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Real image

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A real image is produced on a screen when all of the rays from a single point on an object strike a single point on the screen/they have a visible focal point where all rays meet

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Virtual image

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A virtual image is produced when the rays of light that reach our eyes that appear to come from a real object, but there is no object at the apparent source of the light/the focal point is imagined by finding where the rays would meet, if they could.

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Convex Lenses

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When light passes through a convex lens, the light rays converge

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Will light passing through a convex lens make a Real or Virtual image?

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a real image bc they converge at a visible focal point

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Concave Lenses

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When light passes through a concave lens, the light rays diverge

34
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Will light passing through a concave lens make a Real or Virtual image?

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Virtual bc there is no visible focal point you can only find the focal point where the rays would meet if they could

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Cornea

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Clear window, refracts light, helps to focus the light

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Pupil

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Hole in the iris, which allows light to enter the eye

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Iris

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Coloured, changes size to control the amount of light entering the eye

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Lens

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Refracts light to focus image on the retina. Focal length adjusted by ciliary muscles

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Retina

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Light sensitive cells (rods & cones) which change light energy to nerve impulses.

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Optical nerve

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Takes messages from the retina to the brain

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Sclera

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The white, tough outer layer that protects the eye. Choroid: black layer of blood vessels.

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Liquid humour

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Watery at the front (Aqueous humour), jelly at the back (Vitreas humour), helps to keep eye’s shape and provide medium for light to travel through.

43
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More light is let in when the pupil is…

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dilated

44
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Less light is let in when the pupil is…

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constricted

45
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Rods and cones are types of…

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photoreceptors

46
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Order the visible colours longest to shortest wavelength

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Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet

47
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What is frequency?

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how many waves per second

48
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What is the period of a wave?

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how long it takes a wave to go through it’s full motion

49
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Why do objects appear different underwater?

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Because when the light rays hitting the object leave the water they are entering a less dense medium (air) and bend further away from the normal then hitting our eye and our brain perceives the light to have travelled in a straight line

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