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Homework Questions from Jacaranda Physics Book Year 11
Unit 1-2007
Chapter 1-Reflecting Light
Light and its properties
Plane mirror reflection
Regular and diffuse reflection
Forming images with a plane mirror
Concave mirrors
Convex mirrors
Using concave mirrors in the reflecting telescopeProblems with curved mirrors
Questions: 4 -5-6-9-14-15-16-27-28-29-
Chapter 2-Refracting Light
Bending of lightTotal internal reflection and critical angle
Limitations of the ray model
Forming images with lensesMicroscopes: An application of lenses
Human and animal vision
Questions: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-10-11-13-14 -15-20-26-27
Chapter 3- Seeing Colours
What is colour?
Dispersion: Producing colour from white light
The wave model and colour
Dispersion in optical fibresRainbowsFilters
Dyes
Other colour effects
Polarisation
Questions: 1-4-5-9-11-12-14-15-17-18-25
Chapter 4- Radiation from the nucleus
Natural nuclear radiation
What is nuclear radiation?
Types of nuclear radiation
Radioisotopes
Penetration power
Ionising power
Half lifeCarbon dating
Activity of a radioactive source
Radioactive series
Ionising radiationHow much radiation is too much?
Effects of short term exposure to ionizing radiation
Questions: 1-2-5-6-7-8-9-10-12-13-15-16-19-23-24-
26-27-29
Chapter 8- Nuclear energy
The stability of nuclei
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear bombs
Questions: 1-2-3-7-8-9-10-11-12