Lenses, visible light, sound and black bodies

Reflection and the glass block practical, total internal reflection and optical fibres, colour and filters, lenses and magnification, sound and echoes, ultrasound and seismic waves, and black body radiation (Physics only).

Start: Reflection, and the glass block practicalAbout 25 min, free

Lessons

Practise and test

Mixed reviewQuestions mixed across your lessons.

By the end you can

Carry out and analyse the glass block practical, measuring angles from the normal
Explain the colours of objects in white light, coloured light and behind filters
Use ray diagrams and magnification = image height ÷ object height for lenses
Calculate distances and depths from echoes of sound and ultrasound
Explain what P-waves and S-waves show about the Earth's core
Explain how temperature affects black body radiation and what sets the Earth's temperature
Explain total internal reflection, the critical angle and optical fibres

Revision notes

Reflection and refraction of light

Specifications

AQA 8463 (Physics) 4.6.1.3 to 4.6.1.5, 4.6.2.5, 4.6.2.6 and 4.6.3
Pearson Edexcel 1PH0 Topics 4 and 5 (5.1P total internal reflection)
OCR Gateway J249 P5

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