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Question 1 of 17 Question 1 of 17

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Choose the sources of light.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Moon

  • Fire

  • Water

  • Lightbulb

  • Sun

Explanation

Question 2 of 17 Question 2 of 17

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Light belongs to the electromagnetic spectrum, a family of electromagnetic waves that travel at a speed of 300 000 km/s through space, which is a vacuum.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 3 of 17 Question 3 of 17

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What is a 'photon'?

Select one of the following:

  • A picture taken of light.

  • A tiny packet of energy that behaves similar to a wave, but also as a stream of particles.

Explanation

Question 4 of 17 Question 4 of 17

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The intensity of radiation gets less as you move away from the source. The intensity of the Sun's radiation decreases further away from it because it is spread over a area. This is why planets more distant from the Sun than the Earth are much than our planet. The earth receives more of the Sun's electromagnetic radiation because the intensity of the radiation is closer to the Sun.
= energy transferred per second per m^2.
If you move a torch closer to a surface, its light spreads over a smaller area and becomes . The total energy from the torch each second is the , but the intensity of light on the surface increases. This happens because as the distance , the area the energy spreads over increases four-fold, and so the intensity four-fold.

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    greater
    Intensity
    doubles
    larger
    electromagnetic
    further
    same
    decreases
    brighter
    cooler

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Question 5 of 17 Question 5 of 17

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X-Rays have a higher frequency than gamma rays.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 6 of 17 Question 6 of 17

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Radiation workers increase their risk of exposure to X-rays and rays. They can choose whether to accept this . The risk can be monitored using , allowing problems to be spotted before too much harm is done.
People who have mobile phone built near their homes have exposure to forced upon them. They tend to be less to accept any level of risk, and are more likely to possible risks.

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    masts
    dosimeters
    microwaves
    overstate
    gamma
    risk
    willing

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Question 7 of 17 Question 7 of 17

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We are surrounded by ionising radiation all the time. The risk to health is very low, but people tend to overstate it. Why?

Select one or more of the following:

  • it is unfamiliar to us

  • people are unsure of risks due to lack of education

  • people want to deter new projects eg. nuclear power stations

  • effects can be long lasting

  • it is invisible and hard to detect

Explanation

Question 8 of 17 Question 8 of 17

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Why does a substance warm up when it absorbs radiation?

Select one of the following:

  • Both!

  • the energy from the absorbed radiation is transferred to thermal (heat) energy

  • the radiation excites the particles, generating thermal energy

Explanation

Question 9 of 17 Question 9 of 17

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The risks to living cells from microwaves are very low because microwaves have a low frequency.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 10 of 17 Question 10 of 17

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What is ozone?

Select one of the following:

  • A substance that increases the amount of UV radiation on Earth.

  • A form of oxygen containing three oxygen atoms.

Explanation

Question 11 of 17 Question 11 of 17

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Ozone is produced when oxygen absorb high energy UV radiation and react together. Ozone molecules may split into an oxygen molecule and a free oxygen if they absorb low energy UV radiation. In both these reactions, radiation is emitted. Ozone also reacts with nitrogen, hydrogen, chlorine and bromine .
The absorption of radiation in the ozone layer reduces the amount of ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth's . It also causes changes in this part of the atmosphere.

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    ultraviolet
    molecules
    compounds
    infrared
    atom
    surface
    chemical

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Question 12 of 17 Question 12 of 17

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Using the diagram, explain what the Greenhouse effect is and how it affects the Earth.

Select one of the following:

  • Click here when done

  • Not here

Explanation

Question 13 of 17 Question 13 of 17

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Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Carbon Dioxide

  • Water Vapour

  • Nitrogen

  • Methane

  • Sulphur Dioxide

Explanation

Question 14 of 17 Question 14 of 17

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What is Global Warming?

Select one of the following:

  • The extinction of antarctic species.

  • Climate change.

  • The increase in average temperature worldwide caused by an increase in the greenhouse effect.

Explanation

Question 15 of 17 Question 15 of 17

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A digital signal is a type of signal that can take one of a small number of fixed (discrete) values. The values change is discrete steps, and cannot take any values in-between.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 16 of 17 Question 16 of 17

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Which of these describes an analogue signal?

Select one of the following:

  • A signal that can take one of a small number of fixed (discrete) values. The values change is discrete steps, and cannot take any values in-between.

  • A signal which can vary continuously.

Explanation

Question 17 of 17 Question 17 of 17

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There are several advantages of sending information using signals:
- different types of can be sent at the same time
- digital signals can be sent more accurately than signals
- digital information can be stored and by computers.
- digital signals can only take certain , so it is easy to tell which part of the signal is real and what is (unwanted information mixed in with the original signal).

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    information
    digital
    noise
    analogue
    values
    processed

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