Waves and the Nature of Light Random Retrieval

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Waves & the Nature of Light Random Retrieval

This quiz contains all the questions in the Waves & the Nature of Light section. The website will pick 10 questions at random.

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Hot gases produce ___________.

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Fishermen use sonar to detect the depth of fish beneath the boat. On this occasion, the echo returned after 0.83 s. The speed of sonar waves through water is 1500 m s-1. Calculate the depth of the fish.

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Light of wavelength 7.12x10-7 m is incident on a diffraction grating with a line spacing of 1.89x10-6 m. Calculate the angle from the normal to the 2nd order maximum.

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Which diagram represents a concave lens?

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When two polarised filters have an angle of 45° between their two transmission axes, what is the intensity of the light detected compared to the unpolarised incident light?

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A sound wave of wavelength 0.332 m has a time period of 10-3s. If the time period is decreased to 10-4 s. Calculate the wavelength of the new wave.

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Calculate the speed of a wave with a time period of 1x10-3 s and a wavelength of 250 cm.

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Calculate the frequency of a wave travelling at 500 ms-1 with a wavelength of 25 m.

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Calculate the speed of a wave with a frequency of 10 kHz and a wavelength of 2 m.

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Select the wave with the highest frequency.

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