Questions: Lenses, visible light, sound and black bodies
New numbers every time.
Reflection, and the glass block practical
- Angles at a plane mirrorCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Glass block practical: methodChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Variables in the light practicalChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Repeat angles: anomaly and meanCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Plotting angle of refraction against angle of incidencePlot, 5 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Which material bends light the mostDetermine, 2 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Specular and diffuse reflectionChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Plan: refraction through a glass block (6 marks)Describe, 6 marks, Plus, Physics only
Colour and filters
- Why an object looks coloured in white lightChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Coloured objects in coloured lightChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Colour filtersChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Transparent, translucent and opaqueChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Why an object looks black in coloured lightExplain, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Frequency of a colour of lightCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Coloured objects under coloured lightPredict, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only
Lenses and magnification
- Magnification from two heightsCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Magnification with mm and cmCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Image height from magnificationCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Object height from magnificationCalculate, 2 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Convex and concave lensesChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Real and virtual imagesChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Where the object is decides the imageChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Reading a lens ray diagramDetermine, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only
- How a magnifying glass worksExplain, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only
- A magnifying glassIdentify, 5 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Find the focal length of a lens (6 marks)Devise, 6 marks, Plus, Physics only
Sound waves, hearing and echoes
- Distance from an echoCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- How far away is the storm?Calculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Measuring the speed of sound outdoorsCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Clapping in time with the echoCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Human hearing rangeChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Sound in solids, liquids and gasesChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Sound passing from air into waterCalculate, 5 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- How we hearChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Echo sounding with ultrasoundDeduce, 5 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
Ultrasound and seismic waves
- Infrasound: what it is, its uses and its wavelength (4 marks)Calculate, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Echo sounding: depth of waterCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Ultrasound scan: size from echo timesCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Wavelength of ultrasoundCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Uses of ultrasoundChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- P-waves and S-wavesChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Time between P-wave and S-wave arrivalsCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Seismic evidence for the Earth's coreExplain, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- P-waves, S-waves and the Earth's coreAnalyse, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Ultrasound or X-rays? (6 marks)Compare, 6 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
Black body radiation
- Black bodies: absorbing and emittingChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Temperature and the radiation emittedChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Reading black body curvesDetermine, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Absorbing and emitting: will the temperature change?Choose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Net energy gained by radiationCalculate, 5 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- The Earth's temperatureChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- What sets the Earth's temperature (6 marks)Explain, 6 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Leslie cube resultsDetermine, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Infrared from different surfaces: methodChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Black bodies and temperatureExplain, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Design an infrared emission experiment (6 marks)Design, 6 marks, Plus, Physics only
Total internal reflection and optical fibres
- Below, at or above the critical angleChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- The two conditions for total internal reflectionChoose, 2 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Angles at an inside surfaceCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- A ray in a right-angled prismCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only
- What the critical angle isChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- The critical angle from a tableChoose, 2 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Which way can light be trapped?Choose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Comparing critical anglesChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Optical fibres and endoscopesChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Time for a signal in a fibreCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- How an endoscope works (3 marks)Explain, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Finding a critical angle: methodChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Reflected and refracted rays near the critical angleChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Uses of total internal reflectionChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Finding the critical angle (6 marks)Describe, 6 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Light in an optical fibreSketch, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only
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