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1
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What is the speed of light in the vacuum of space and give scientific notation

A

300 000 000 m/s

3x10*8

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What is white light

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Combination of all the colours in the spectrum

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What are all the different colours in a spectrum

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Red orange yellow green blue indigo violet

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The whistle light splits into 7 what is this called and explain

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Called dispersion

All the colours refRACt at different angles so a prism reveals all the spectrum colours.

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What is refRACtion

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The bending of light when it passes from one medium to another.

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Why do different mediums cause refraction

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They have different optical densities.

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Why can refraction be dangerous

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Apparent depth vs real depth

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What is the law of reflection of light

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The angle of incidence (i)= angle of reflection (r)

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9
Q

Why is ambulance written weird
Called
Explain

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Laterally inverted so that readable in car mirror

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What happens to light through glass/ water

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Speed of it decreases because they’re denser

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Speed of light through glass

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2x10*8m/s

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What is a light year

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Distance that light can travel at normal speed for a year

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What is light?

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Transverse wave+particle/photon

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14
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What does light travel in

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Straight lines

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What does not radiate its own light
Name
Eg

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Illuminated objects,they reflect

MOON house flowers

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What emits its own light?

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Luminous objects
Sun
Light bulb

17
Q

What is a shadow

A

Dark area that blocks light

18
Q

Reflected:
Absorbed:
Transmitted:

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Light bounces off
Travels into
Through objects

19
Q

Explain how we see light

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Enter through pupil, strikes retina, converted to electrical nerve impulses travel to brain by optic nerve

20
Q

Si unit for light intensity vector/scalar

A

Lux scalar

21
Q

Luminous activity in a direction

A

Candela vector

22
Q

What instrument used to mesure light intensity and what does it measure in

A

Light meter

Light hitting per second

23
Q

What is a pinhole camera

A

Closed chamber with small hole in one side which creates an image of outside space on the opposite side where translucent screen is placed

24
Q

Uses of reflection of light

A

Periscope
Optical fibre
Kaleidoscope
Endoscope

25
Q

True false light always travels in straight lines

A

True

26
Q

What is the speed of light in water

A

2.3x10*8m/s

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