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The document contains flashcards about light and optics topics for a GCSE Physics exam. The flashcards cover definitions and key characteristics for reflection, refraction, lenses, mirrors, focal points, and magnification. Examples are provided to illustrate concepts like the law of reflection, total internal reflection, and light rays passing through converging lenses.

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Flashcards - Topic 3.2 Light - CAIE Physics IGCSE

The document contains flashcards about light and optics topics for a GCSE Physics exam. The flashcards cover definitions and key characteristics for reflection, refraction, lenses, mirrors, focal points, and magnification. Examples are provided to illustrate concepts like the law of reflection, total internal reflection, and light rays passing through converging lenses.

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CIE Physics GCSE

Topic 3.2 - Light


Flashcards

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What happens when rays of light hit a
plane mirror?

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What happens when rays of light hit a plane mirror?

They are reflected.

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What are the characteristics of an image
formed from a plane mirror?

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What are the characteristics of an image formed
from a plane mirror?
● The same size as the object
● On the the same side of the mirror as the
object
● An inverted (upside down) version of the
object
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When light is reflected, how do angles i
and r compare?

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When light is reflected how do angles i and r
compare?

angle of incidence = angle of reflection

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How are the angles of incidence and
reflection measured?

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How are the angles of incidence and reflection
measured?

Relative to the normal.

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What is a virtual image? (supplement)

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What is a virtual image? (supplement)

An image produced on the same side of


the lens as the object.

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What is a real image? (supplement)

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What is a real image? (supplement)
● An image produced on the opposite
side of the lens from the object.
● A real image can be formed on a
screen as the light rays cross after the
lens.
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What kind of image is produced by a
plane mirror? (supplement)

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What kind of image is produced by a plane mirror?
(supplement)
A virtual image.

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What is refraction?

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What is refraction?

Refraction is the change in speed of a


wave crossing a boundary between two
media, resulting in a change in direction.

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What property of a wave is not changed
by refraction?

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Which property of a wave is not changed by
refraction?

The frequency

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What is the critical angle?

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What is the critical angle?

The angle of incidence which produces


an angle of refraction of 90°.

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What is internal reflection?

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What is internal reflection?

When light reaches a boundary and is


reflected back into the medium which it
came from.

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What is total internal reflection?

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What is total internal reflection?

When a ray of light is fully reflected back


into the medium it came from, when
reaching a boundary between media.

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When does total internal reflection
occur?

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When does total internal reflection occur?

When the angle of incidence is greater


than the critical angle.

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Define refractive index (supplement)

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Define refractive index (supplement)

The ratio of the speed of light in a


vacuum to the speed of light in any given
medium.

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Give the equations for refractive index
(supplement)

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Give the equations for refractive index (supplement)

sin(i)
refractive index = sin(r)

1
refractive index = sin(i)

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When light passes through a converging
lens...

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When light passes through a converging lens...

The light rays bend towards the normal,


and meet at a focal point.

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What is the principal focus of a lens?

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What is the principal focus of a lens?

A focal point before a convex lens, from


which the light rays appear to come
from, or the focal point after a concave
lens where all the rays meet.

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Draw a diagram of light rays through a
converging lens

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Draw a diagram of light rays through a converging
lens

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How can lenses act as magnifying
glasses?

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How can lenses act as magnifying glasses?

By producing an enlarged, virtual image.

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How does wavelength affect refraction?

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How does wavelength affect refraction?

Shorter wavelength waves refract more.

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What happens when white light is shone
through a prism?

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What happens when white light is shone through a
prism?

It separates into a spectrum of all its


coloured light components.

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Why is white light separated by a prism?

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Why is white light separated by a prism?
Each different coloured light wave has a
different wavelength. The shortest wavelength
light (blue) refracts the most while longer
wavelengths (red) refract more, producing a
spectrum.

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List, in the correct order, the colour
spectrum produced by the dispersion of
white light

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List, in the correct order, the spectrum of colours
produced by the dispersion of white light

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo


and violet.

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What is monochromatic light?
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What is monochromatic light? (supplement)

Light of a single frequency.

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