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Inner ear

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The semicircular canal and cochlea, which for organs of balance and hearing

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Outer ear

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Concentrates air vibrations on the eardrum to make the eardrum vibrate

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Middle ear

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The air-filled central cavity of the ear, behind the eardrum

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Eardrum

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A thin con-shape membrane that separates the external ear from the the middle

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Hertz (HZ)

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The standard unit of frequency in the international system of units (is) equal to one cycle per second

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Wavelength

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A distance between successive crests of a wave especially points in a sound wave or electromagnetic wave

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Amplitude

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The maximum extent of a vibration or oscillation

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Volume

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How loud or low a sound is

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Pitch

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How high or low a sound is

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Vibrate

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Move continuously and rapidly to and fro

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Auditory nerve

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A bundle of nerve fibres that carries hearing information between the cochlea and the nerve

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Ear bones

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Three bones that transmit sounds from the air to the cochlea. Thy are the smallest bones in our body

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Ear canal

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A tube running from the outer ear to the middle ear

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Vacuum

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A space entirely devoid of matter

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Longitudinal wave

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A wave vibrating in the direction of propagation

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Transverse wave

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A wave that the medium vibrates at a right angle to the direction of its propagation

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Oscilloscopes

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An instrument used to analyze the wave form of electronic signals

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Frequency

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The speed of the vibration that determines the pitch of the sound

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Cochlea

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A portion of the inner ear that receives sound in the form of vibrations

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Particle

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An extremely small piece of matter

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Sound

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A form of energy that can be heard and travels in waves

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Light

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A form of energy that travels in all directions from a source

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Light source

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Something that emits light sun, bioluminescence, fire

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Importance of light

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Solar power, seeing, growing, temperature, moisture

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Eye

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Sense organ that detects light

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Pupil

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The gap in the iris of the eye that lets light in

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Iris

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The coloured part of an eye. Controls the diameter and the size of the pupil (amount of light)

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Retina

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Detects light, and sends messages to the brain.

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Coloured filters

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Filter is a transparent material that absorbs some colours and others through. Leigh ‘‘tis the only source of colour

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Dispersion

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The splitting of white light into colour

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Properties of light

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Reflection, refraction, dispersion, interference, diffraction, polarization, effects of materials on light, scattering of light

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Spectrum

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The colour in white light; red, orange, yellow, green, violet, blue and indigo

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Lens

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A pice if curved transparent material used to bend light

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Mirror

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A surface, typically of glass coated with a metal amalgam, which reflects a clear image.

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Refraction

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Bending of light when it travels from one material to another

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Reflection

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The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat or sound without absorbing it.

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Transparent

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A material that allows light to pass through

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Translucent

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A material that allows some light to pass through

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Opaque

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A material that does not let light pass through

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Incident ray

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A ray of light that strikes material

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Reflected ray

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The ray that represents the light reflected by the surface

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Scattering

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When light is reflected in many directions by a rough surface

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Inverted

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Up side down

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Object

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Something you look at using a mirror or lens to form an image

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Image

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An object seen directly on a screen using a mirror or lens

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The normal

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A line drawn perpendicular to the surface of a mirror from point where incident ray meets the surface of the mirror

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Short sightedness

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Inability to see things clearly unless they are relatively close to the eye

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Long sightedness

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Inability to see things far unless they are relatively close

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White light

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A colourless light such as day light

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Speed of light

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300 million m/s through air

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