S8 - End of Unit 6 Test
S8 - End of Unit 6 Test
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End-of-unit test
Unit 6
1 a State the law of reflection. [1]
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b The diagram shows a plane mirror and a normal line.
Draw a ray of light being reflected at the point where the normal meets the mirror. [2]
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2 a State what happens to the speed of light when light passes from air into glass. [1]
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b The diagram shows the surface of a glass block and a normal line.
Draw a ray of light passing from air into the glass at the point where the normal meets the surface. [2]
3 White light is made from many colours.
Use the best words to complete these sentences about light. [2]
a White light can be split into many colours by passing the white light through a ______________.
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5 Which of these explains where asteroids came from? [1]
Tick (✓) one box.
They were formed when a planet in the Solar System broke apart.
They were formed when another star in the Solar System broke apart.
They were formed from rocks left over from the formation of the Solar System.
They arrived from space after the formation of the Solar System.
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