Revision Quiz 12
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  1. How do your eyes change when you go from light to dark? (lesson 12a)
  2. Explain how you can see this writing. (12a)
  3. State the laws of reflection. (12b)
  4. An object is placed 10cm in front of a mirror. Where does its image appear to be? (12b)
  5. What are the 2 types of curved mirror called? (12b)
  6. What is an inverted image? (12c)
  7. How can you make the image in a pin-hole camera brighter? (12c)
  8. What is the disadvantage of making the image brighter in a pin-hole camera? (12c)
  9. All sounds are made by ---------- and they travel through the air as -----. (12d)
  10. Why do you see a lighting flash before you hear the thunder? (12d)
  11. Why do we hear echoes? (12d)
  12. What do we call sound that is too high for humans to hear? (12d)
  13. What part of the ear vibrates when sound enters it? (12e)
  14. How many small bones are there in the ear? (12e)
  15. What is the name of the spiral containing liquid in the inner ear? (12e)

ANSWERS

  1. Your pupils get larger.
  2. Light rays are reflected from the page into the eye. The rays are focussed to an image on the retina and then signals are sent to the brain.
  3. The angle of incidence is always equal to the angle of reflection.
  4. 10cm behind the mirror.
  5. Convex and concave.
  6. An upside-down image.
  7. Make the pi-hole larger.
  8. The image gets blurred as the the hole is made larger.
  9. Vibrations, waves.
  10. Light travels faster than sound.
  11. Sound is reflected off objects.
  12. Ultrasonic sound (ultrasound).
  13. The ear-drum.
  14. 3
  15. The cochlea.