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Sound waves

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-Sound is a longitudinal wave .
-When sound waves move through the air , the air prticles vibrate from side to side .
-These vibraitons can pass from ONE MEDIU to another (air—> soild)

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A microphone

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-One of the key parts is a papercone .
-When sound waves hit the cone , this causes it to vibrate .
–The microphone then converts this to electrical signals .

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The Ear Drum

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-Soundwaves are funnelesd into the ear , where they hit the eardrum .
-The ear drum is a thin membrane .
-The soundwaves cause the ear durm and other parts of the ear to vibrate .
-This cuases the sensation of sound .

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What can soundwaves in the air trigger ?

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They can trigger vibrations in soilids .
-This only works for over a limited range of frequencies .
-Partl because of human hearing having a freuneunxy of 20Hz to 20,000 Hz
-Frequnecies outisdeo f that may not be bale t ocause the eardurm to vibrate.

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What can happen when waves move from one miedum to another .

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-Their speed can change
(soundwabes travel much aster in soilds then in glasses).
—>as the particles in a soild are much closer together .
-This means the vibrations can pass more easily beween them.

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When waves speed changes as waves pass from one medium to aother .

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Their wavelength also changes .
FREQUENCY DOES NOT CHANGE ,w hen a wave changes medium .
-AS WAVES WOULD HAVE TO BE CREATED OR DESTROED AT THE BOUNDARY this is not possible .

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How can we view features of soundwaves?

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By connecitng mcirophone - to a cathode ray oscilloscope
PROBLEM; shows sound waves as transverse ways (not correct remember soudwaves are longitidunal

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High Frequenxy

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High Pitch

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Low frequency

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Low pitch

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Small amplitude

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Quiet sound

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Large amplitude

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Loud sound

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Sounswaves can only move thourgh a medium becuase…

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Soundwavs move by particles vibraing . Soudnwaves cnnot pass thorugh a vacuum as there are no particles .

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Soundwaves (like light) can also be reflected

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we call reflected sound an echo.

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What is ulatrasound

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Ultrasound is soundwaves with a frequency higher than the upperlimit of human hering .
-SO the frequnecy of ultrasound is at lest 20,000 Hz .

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KEY baout ultrasound

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ultrasound partiall ty reflect at the boundayr between two different denisities .
-If we calcuolate the itme it needs for the ultrasound pulse to leve the porbe and bounce off the object nd derected byt he porbe , we cn calculte the DISTANCE BETWEEN hte probe and the object..

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Ultrasound scanner porduce images of internal orgas usc as the kidney and heart .

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This owrks for any organ that IS NOT surrounedby boen . Can also use for ltrasound ot porduce images of a foetus .

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Advantage of ultrasound to XRAYS

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-Ultrasound is much safer than x-rays .
-As ultrasound does not cause mutation and does not increase the risk of cancer .
-Ultrasound allowed in inudstrial imagery (can pipe) -Ultraosund can be used ot deect hidden defect or porblems witha weld .

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do question in book

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time 1.2s
speed 1600,/s
calcultr distancr

-Hvr ot Half the distance a the calcualtion is actually the TOTAL DISTNCE FOM THE SEABED ND BAC K , so jus to find the depth divide ASNWER BY 2.

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The crust

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-Outside of the Earth is solid crust .
-The crust is very thing with a maximum dpetho f around 50Km . #

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The mantle

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-Under ht ecurst we have the mantle - the mantle is soild (perts of the mantle move slwoly upper part but we still call soild.)

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the core

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outercorse is liquid inner core is soild .

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How do scienists know the earth has this inetoer sturctur , you cannot direclyty observe tihs

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EARTHUAKES - sudden movment between the tectonic paltes in the Earth’s curst .
-Causing seismic waves ,w hic h carry energy from the Earthquake .
-These seismic waves can pass thruogh the Earth + can be detected by different coutnires (patern of these give us the ino bt inerior of earth .)

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There are two main types of longitiduinal waves

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P waves - longitiudinal waves
- Primary waves they cuase the intial tremors.) and they move up and down so aren’t s dangerous as s waves .
-primary waves can pass thorugh soilds and liquids .
-Pw aves travel faste thna s waves

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S waves

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s waves are transverse waves , and can onlyt rave through soilds .

-Sesiometers oon the Eartj;s surface now can detect the seismic wavs after they hve passed htourgh the Earth .

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Why do seismic waves travel in curved paterns
due to denisty changes
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s waves can be detected anywhere on the hgihglighted part of the earths sufrace
-gthere are large partso f earth where no s waves are detected , these are SWAVE SHADOWS .
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WHAT ARE THE S WAVES SHADOWS CAUSED BY
The fact that s waves canot pass thorugh liquid . This tells scienitsts the Earth must contain a liquid core .
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Pwaves cna be detecred anwyhere on the highlgihted region
Large prts if tge ertg wher ep waves cannot be detetce d, pwave shdow waes .
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what are p wave shadow zones caused by
the fact that p waves travel faster in soilds than in liquids . -p waves SLOW DOWN as they enter the liquid outer case . -This causes them to REFRACT (change direction) -They also refract gweb tget keace the outercore . -This CONFIRMS that the outercore is liquid .
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Sometimes faint p waves can be detected in the p wave shadow zone .
This was used by scientists to show tht the Earth also contains a solid inner case . -sciensits measured the seisic waves fromt housands of Earthquake . -They have used this to work out the thicknesso f the curst nd mantle and outer and inner core .
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What is white light
It is a mixure of all the colours , if we pass white light thorugh a prism then it splits into a spectrum .
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Each colour has a narrow band of wavelength and frequency .
The COLOUR of an objetc depends on whcih w avlengths f ligha re reflected , transmitted or absorbed .
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How do coloured filtrers work ?
By absorbing specific wavelegnths and by transmitting (allowing thorugh) other waavelengths .
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red filter
-iIf ou shine white light onto the iflter , filrter absorbs the colour of visible light apart formr ed . -So onl red light is transmitted htourgh the filter.
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green filter
all of the oclours re absorbed aprt formg reen . gren is trnsmitted htourgh the iflter .
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Objects that transmilight re iether transparent or translucent.
-You can EASILy see thorugh transparent objects . -Translucent objects scter the light rys so we cannot see thorugh them clely .
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Objects thAt we cannot see thorugh at all are poaque
-white light shines onto white object . -wHITEO BJECTS PPAEAR WHITEBECAUSE THEY EFLECT ALL THE WAVELENGTHS OF VISILE LIGHT EQUALLUY .
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White light shining onto a black object
-Black objects appaear black because hey absorb all the wavelengths of visible lgiht .
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white light shining onto a red object
Red obejcts absorb ll the colours of white light apart from red which is RFLECTED . -hENCE WHY OBJECT HS RED LIGHT (Same fir vkue as al the oclours are absorbed apart from blue which is relfetced .)
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combining coloured objects with coloured filters .
red object + red filter -red filter absorbs all fo the colours of white apart from the red which si transmitted . -Red light cannot reflect off the real objects , o the objetc onw ppears red .
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green objects or red filters
red filters allow the red lightt o be transmitted . -However , the green onject completley absorbs the red light so none of it is reflected . -In this cause the green object will aper balck as i is reflecting no light at all .
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What are we describing in this RQP ?
-How to investigte the reflection of light bby different types of surfce + the refraction o flight by different substances .
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Equipiment needed for this rqp ?
Ray box , lens and slit -This produces a narrow ray of light . -Ray boxes do get hot , so it is important to switch them off when they are not being use d . -COULD DO this practical with a ser , nbut this can be dangerous , ray box is afer
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S1 of RQP
-Take a piece of A3 paper and draw a straight line , down the center using a ruler .
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S2 of rqp
use a protractor to draw lines at right angles . This is the nromal (label N)
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Stage 3 of rqp
Now place a glass bxo agaisnt hte first line so tht the normal is near the center of the block .
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Stage four of rqp
draw around the glass block , mke sure to turn out all the lights in the room .
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Stage 5 of rqp
use the ray box to direct a ray of light so it hits the block at the normal . -This is the INCIDNENT RAY . -The angle between the incident ray and normal is the ANGLE OF INCIDENCE .
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Stage 6 of RQP
-Adjust the ray box to chnage the anlge of incidience . -At a certian angle , we cansee a ray REFLECT fromt he surface of the block .
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Stage 7 of rqp
we ca also see another ray lavin the block from the opposite side , this is the transmitted ray .
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Stage 8 of rqp
Mark the path of the transmitted ray a nd incidnet ray and relfected ray with crosses
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Stage 9 of rqp
turn on room lights and switch of the ry box . GThen remove glassbox .
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Stage 10 of rqp
Draw in the reflected ray and incidnent ray , then daw int he transmitted rya so oit meets the position of the block .
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Stage 11 of rqp
draw a line to show the path of the transmited ray though the glass block
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stage 12 of rqp
use a portractor to measure the angle of incidnence and relfectionad refraction . -The angle of refraciton is the anlge between the nromal and the path of the transmittd ray htourgh the block .
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stage 13 of rqp
do the whole epxeriment again using different material like (perspex)
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FNDINGS OF RQP (1)
-Angles of incidence and reflection are the same for btoh glss and perspex x. -As the nlgres of incidence and reflection do not depend on the materials .
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Findings of rqp (2)
-As the anlge of refraction is different for different materials
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convex lenses
convex lenses are thicker at the center than at the edges .
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lenses
lenses refract light , the light rays bend towards hte normal when it passes into the lens . -and way from the normal , when it passes out of the lens .
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parallel rays passing thorugh the ocnvex lens check sheet
1.central ray passes through the lens without being refracted ,a s the ray is passing directly passing along the normal . -This ray is passing along the PIRNCIPAL AXIS (the center of the lens .) -
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stage 2
-all the other rays refract and are focused ona point --> this is called the principal focus (F) .
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stage 3
The distance from the center of the lens to the principel focus is called the focal length . -Different covnex lenses have got different focal lenfths depending on the strenght of lens .
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Ray diagram for an object at least two focal length away from the lens . (1)
-draw a line to the top of the object passing stright through the center of the lens without chnign direciton .
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Ray diagram for an object at least two focal length away from the lens . (2)
dRAW ANOTHER LINE FROM the top of the object , this line runs parallel to the principal axis .
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Ray diagram for an object at least two focal length away from the lens . (3)
when this line htis the lens it is refrcted htorugh the prinicpal focus .
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Ray diagram for an object at least two focal length away from the lens . (4)
Where the two lines meet , get the top of the image . Key properties of the oimage -The image is SMALLER than the objects scientists ay the image is diminished . -The image is inverted (uspide down .) -This is a REAL IMAGE - as the rays actually meet at a point . -If we ple a scrren here we would see the imge on the screen .
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object thagtis between one ad two focal lengths from the lens Check sheet
Same thin for one two and three . However the PROPERTIES OF THE IMGE CHANGE . -The image is larger thn the objec it has been MAGNNFIIED . -Image is inverted Image is real (MEET T A POINT )
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the properties of i=an image depend on ...
THe distance ebtween object and lens .
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Concave lenses
thicker t the edges than at the center -Rau pf light hit the concsave lens nd make the light ryas spread out the light rays DIVERGE //
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Concave lenses
thicker t the edges than at the center -Rau pf light hit the concsave lens nd make the light ryas spread out the light rays DIVERGE //
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Concave lenses
thicker t the edges than at the center -Rau pf light hit the concsave lens nd make the light ryas spread out the light rays DIVERGE //
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-iF WE PLOT THE LINES BEHIDN THE LENDS , WE CN SEE THAT THEYC OME TO A POINT .
-wE CN SEE THIS IS THE PRINCIPAL FOCUS 9f) key ; A CONCAVE LENS IS NOT Actually FOCUSING THE LIGHT at the princippal focus , the light rays onlly APPEAR to be coming fro the principl foucs
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Ray diagram for concave lens (1)
-dra a ray from the top of the object passing though the center without chaning direction .
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ray diagram for concave lens (2)
draw antoehr ray from the top of the object . -This psses thoruh the lens and is refracted . -The ray mt apper to come form the principal focus . 9Draw a dotted line to show this .0
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ay diagrams for concave lens for (3)
-Where these lines meet show the posiiton of the image , -KE POINTS OF THE IMAGE -Image is DIMINISHED (Smaller than the object ) -Image is the right ay up . THe image is VIRTUAL AS THE RAYS DO NOT ACTUALLHY MMET THEY ONLAY APPER TO . -iF WE PLAC E A SCRRENE WHERE THRE IMAGE IS ,W E OWULD NOT SEE A N IMAGE ON THE SCREEN .

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