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SciencePhysics

Light and Sound 2: Test Bite

Q1: Graham goes to the school play. A spotlight lights the main actor.

actor in spotlight

 ABC
I. The shadow will be at:

II. As the spotlight comes on the light shows the actor on stage
  immediately.
This is because the speed of light is:

III. A red filter is put in the spotlight during the interval and the actor
   appears on stage wearing a blue coat and red tie.

 Red BlueBlack
The coat will appear to be:

Q2: White light is shone on a mirror and the light directed into a prism.

prism

I. The light is from the mirror.
II. The angle of incidence is to the angle
    of
III. The light passing into the prism changes
    direction or is
IV. The light passing through the prism
    is dispersed into a
V. A red filter is put in position A. What
    colour is seen on the screen at C?
VI. A red filter is put in position at A and a blue
     at B. What would you see at C?
VII. The filter does this because it all colours in
    the light except the of the filter.

Q3: Hal is at the school open day and is looking at a coin in a bowl of water and it appears close to the surface. Dee is looking directly down on the surface and the coin does not appear to be close to the surface.

I. When light enters a more dense substance like water the speed
   of light is in air

II. This speed change causes the light ray to change direction
    the normal.

III. This speed change causes the light ray to change direction and
    the coin to appear at different depths. It is called

IV. Dee does not see the coin at the same depth because she is
    looking along the

 



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