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GCSE Separate Science Physics

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show Ray diagrams are ways of modelling what happens during reflection and refraction.  
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show A line drawn at 90° to the interface or the mirror.  
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show They are measured from the normal  
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4 State the Law of Reflection   show
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5 Does light travel faster in air or in water and give the reason   show
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6 What is refraction?   show
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7 What are the two changes that occur when a ray is refracted at an interface?   show
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8 What happens when a ray of light is incident at 90° to the interface?   show
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show Both the speed and the direction changes  
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show Refraction and reflection  
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show The angle of refraction gets bigger and the angle of reflection gets bigger.  
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show Critical angle is the angle of incidence that cause the refracted ray to be at 90° to the normal.  
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13 State one application of critical angle   show
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1.What are luminous objects   show
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show Objects that reflect the light from a luminous object.  
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3.What is diffused reflection and where does it occur?   show
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4.What is Specular reflection and where does it occur?   show
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5.Name two sources of white light   show
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show Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet  
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show The object reflect the red component of light to our eyes and absorb the other colours.  
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show Thin plastic or glass that only allow its component colour to go through and absorb all other component colours of white light.  
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show Pass white light through a green filter  
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show Pass white light through a blue filter  
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show Pass white light through a coloured filter and then pass the emerging coloured light through a different filter.  
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12. How can we produce a display of the visible spectrum?   show
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1.What is a lens   show
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2.What are the two types of lenses   show
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show How much it bends light that passes through it  
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show Convex lens: fatter in the middle than the edges  
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show Concave lens: Thinner in the middle than the edges  
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show Convex lens brings parallel rays of light to a focus  
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7. How does the type of lens in number 5 cause parallel rays of light to behave?   show
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8. What is the focal length of a lens?   show
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show Images that are formed when light comes to a focus on a screen  
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10. what are virtual images   show
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11. What are two of the characteristics of a real image?   show
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12. At what object distance does a converging lens produce a virtual image?   show
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13. What are two of the characteristics of a real image?   show
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show Any two: Radio wave, microwave ,infrared, visible light, ultra violet x rays and Gamma rays  
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2. State one thing all electromagnetic waves have in common.   show
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3. State another thing all electromagnetic waves have in common.   show
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4.Which electromagnetic wave has frequencies a little higher than visible light   show
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show Infrared radiation  
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6.Define what is a wavelength   show
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show The number of cycles per second  
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show Willium Hershel  
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9. Which type of electromagnetic radiation does all objects emit?   show
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show The higher the temperature the greater the energy  
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11. How are pit viper snakes able to see their prey in the dark?   show
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show A region where no matter is present.  
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show Radio wave, microwave, infrared, Visible light, ultraviolet, X rays and gamma rays  
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2. Which electromagnetic wave can be detected by the naked eye?   show
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show Wavelength or frequencies  
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4. Which electromagnetic wave has the greatest frequency   show
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show Radio waves  
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show Gamma rays  
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show Heat  
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show Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet  
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show Visible light and infrared radiation  
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2. State two other use of infrared radiation   show
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3. Where are microwaves used for communication?   show
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show In Microwave ovens  
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5.State two ways radio waves are used   show
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6. Why can radio waves from a source be detected on the other side of the globe and microwaves cannot be detected on the other side of the globe.   show
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show By vibrations in electrical circuits  
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8. How are radio waves detected?   show
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9. Which two parts of the electromagnetic spectrum are used for cooking?   show
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10. Which 3 parts of the electromagnetic spectrum are used for communication?   show
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1. What happens to the energy of a body as it temperature increases?   show
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2. How is the wavelength of the radiation emitted changed with increasing temperature?   show
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3. Define power and state its unit.   show
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4. How can the temperature of a body remain constant?   show
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show More heat energy being absorbed by greenhouse gasses, causing the mean temperature of the atmosphere to be increasing.  
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show Carbon dioxide  
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show Using the process of photosynthesis  
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8.Compare the radiation emitted at 250°C and 320°C.   show
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1. State 2 uses of ultraviolet radiation.   show
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2. What is fluorescence?   show
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show X ray passes through flesh but are absorbed by the bones  
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4. Suggest another use of X ray.   show
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show Sterilise medical equipment, Preserve food and to detect and treat cancer  
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show Gamma rays pass through fat, muscle and bones while X rays can pass through fat and muscle but not bones.  
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7. Why are surgical equipment placed in plastic bags before sterilisation.   show
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show Gamma rays, x rays, ultra violet, visible light, infrared, microwave and radio waves.  
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show The microwaves used in mobile phones is the lower frequency end of the Microwave while the microwaves used in the microwave oven is the higher frequency end of the Microwave  
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show Burn on the skin and damage to cell from over exposure  
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3. State 2 ways of protecting our skin from sunlight.   show
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show Sun burn and skin cancer  
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show Can lead to mutation of cells  
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show The electron or the nuclei.  
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show The higher the frequency of the electromagnetic radiation the greater the danger associated with that electromagnetic radiation.  
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8. Why could the microwaves with frequencies fit for use in a microwave oven be harmful to humans?   show
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What is the speed of elecrtomagnetic radiation?   show
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What is the EM radiation with the shortest wavelength?   show
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What is the EM radiation with the longest wavelength?   show
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What is the EM radiation with the highest frequency?   show
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What is the EM radiation with the lowest frequency?   show
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show Radio, microwave, infrared, visible, UV, X-rays, gamma  
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Can EM waves travel through space?   show
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show no  
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show water  
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Name a use of radio waves   show
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What EM wave is used for satellite communication?   show
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show cooking food  
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show electrical heaters, infrared cameras  
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show Fibre optic communications  
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Which radiation is used in sun tanning?   show
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Give one use of X-rays.   show
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Give one use of gamma rays   show
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Why are X-rays good for taking images of bone?   show
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show Can kill cancer cells  
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show Premature skin aging, increased risk of skin cancer  
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show X-rays are ionising so can cause mutations which may result in cancer  
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show Gamma rays are ionising so can cause mutations which may result in cancer  
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