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Chapter 9
Revise Light
Question | Answer |
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Define light. | Light is the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum. |
Describe the difference between luminous and non luminous objects. | Luminous objects actively give off light. Non-luminous objects only reflect light. |
Can you describe how light travels? | Light travels as a wave and in straight lines. |
Explain why shadows are formed. | Shadows are caused by something opaque getting in the way of light. Light travels in straight lines and this makes shadows as it cannot bend around the object. |
What is an eclipse? | An eclipse is when the something passes in front of the sun and blocks out it's light. There are Lunar and Solar eclipses. |
What is dispersion? | Dispersion is light being scattered by either hitting an uneven surface or passing through an uneven transparent object. |
What colours is white light made up of? | All of them, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet. |
How is a rainbow formed? | When light from the sun hit a rain drop and is refracted and separated into its individual colours. You can only see a rainbow when the Sun is behind you. |
Define reflection. | A reflection is the bouncing back of light, without dispersing it so that the image is reflect back at you and you can see it. |
Define refraction. | Refraction is the separating of light from white into its separate colours. Or the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another. |
Describe how you could show refraction from air to water and from water to air. | By placing a pencil into a glass of water you can see refraction from air to water. If you are under the water and look to the sky you can see refraction from water to air. |
Give a use for a convex lens. | To magnify an image to better see it or read. |
Give a use for a concave lens. | To make an image appear farther away than it is. |