Intermediate 1 Intermediate 1 PhysicsPhysics
Radiation Radiation
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Question 1What happens to white light when it
is passed through a prism?
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It is slit into the spectrum of colours
Produces a rainbow
The light is unchanged
It is reflected
Question 2What happens to light when it is passed through an optical fibre?
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The light passes right through the other side
The light is totally internally reflected
The light is reflected back at us
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Question 3What happens to laser light if it passed through a prism?
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The same colour of light is reflected.
The laser beam is split to produce a spectrum of colours.
The laser melts the prism
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Question 4
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An endoscope
A gastroscope
An fibrescope
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What do doctors use to see inside the human body without cutting their patients open?
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To light up wounds so surgeons can see them.
To have pretend star wars fights to relax.
To heat up and seal burst blood vessels.
To heat up and sterilize their surgeon’sinstruments
What are lasers used for in hospitals?
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lens
retina
iris
pupil
Where on the eye should light focus if you see clearly?
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Diverging sight
Normal sight
Long sight
Short sight
What type of eye defect do you have if you can see up close objects clearly but objects in the distance appear fuzzy?
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Question 8What type of lens is used to correct long sight?
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Prism lens
Rectangular lens
Diverging lens
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Question 9Which diagram below is a diverging lens?
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Question 10What do we use to detect X-rays?
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Human eye
Photographic film
Geiger-muller tubes
Our skinnext question
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To find out if a leg is fractured or broken.
To cure broken or fractured legs.
To break or fracture legs.
To see if you glow in the dark.
What are X-rays used for in medicine?
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They kill or damage living cells
They warm living cells up
They don’t do anything to living cells
They help living cells grow/repair
What does gamma radiation and X-rays do to living cells?
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Question 13Which type of radiation can be see with the human eye?
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Light radiation
Infrared radiation
Gamma radiation
X-ray radiation
Question 14What is the other name for heat
radiation ?
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Gamma radiation
Infrared radiation
Beta radiationnext question
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Ultraviolet radiation
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Alpha radiation
Gamma radiation
Beta radiation
Infrared radiation
What type of radiation is used to sterilize medical instruments in a sealed bag?
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