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What type of lens is use for magnifying glasses?
Convex
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What type of lens is used for long sighted people?
Convex/converging
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What type of lens is used for short sighted people?
Concave/diverging
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2 materials X-rays are absorbed by
bone and metal
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What is refractive index?
The ratio of speed to light in a vacuum to in the medium
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What is the focal length?
the distance from the centre of the lens to the principal focus
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What is the principal focus (converging lens)?
where rays hitting the lens parallel to the axis all seem to meet
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What is the principal focus (diverging lens)?
Where rays hitting the lens parallel to the axis appear to come from
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How can you tell something is a real image?
the light can produce an image on the screen
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The curvier the lens..
the more powerful it is
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Pressure in a liquid is..
transmitted equally in all directions
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What is the force that keeps things moving in a circle?
Centripetal
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What are CCDs
silicon chips with identical pixels
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