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    DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE

    Addu High School PHYSICS


    Hithadhoo/Addu
    Worksheet 2- Waves

    1. A radio station broadcasts at a frequency of 198 kHz.


    (a) Calculate the wavelength of these radio waves.
    (b) Obstacles such as buildings and hills can make it difficult to receive some radio signals with
    shorter wavelengths. Explain why this is less of a problem for this radio station.
    2. Ultrasound scanning can be used by doctors to obtain information about the internal structures of
    the human body without the need for surgery. Pulses of ultrasound are sent into the body from a
    transmitter placed on the skin.
    (i) The ultrasound used has a frequency of 4.5 MHz. State why waves of this frequency are
    called ultrasound.
    (ii) A pulse of ultrasound enters the body and its reflection returns to the transmitter after a
    total time of 1.6 x 104 calculate how far the reflecting surface is below the skin.
    average speed of ultrasound in the body = 1500 m s1.
    (iii) State why the ultrasound is transmitted in pulses.
    (iv) Another way of obtaining information about the internal structures of the human body is by
    the use of X-rays. Give one property of X-rays which makes them more hazardous to use
    than ultrasound.
    (v) State two other differences between X-rays and ultrasound.
    3. (a) Light from the Sun is unpolarised. Explain what is meant by unpolarised.
    (b) When a ray of light from the Sun is incident on a block of ice, most of the light is refracted into
    the ice. Some of it is reflected. The light that is reflected is partially plane polarised. Describe a
    test to confirm that the reflected ray is partially plane polarised
    (c) Some skiers wear sunglasses with polarising lenses. These sunglasses reduce the amount of
    reflected light entering their eyes. Suggest how these sunglasses work.
    4. A diagram shows the structure of a compact disc.
    A laser light beam is directed at right angles to
    the underside of the disc.
    The wavelength of the laser light in the
    transparent plastic layer is 414 nm
    refractive index of the transparent plastic layer =
    1.53
    (a) Calculate the wavelength of the light in air.
    (b) Light reflected from point A is 180q out of
    phase with light reflected from point B. Calculate the minimum vertical distance from A to B.
    (c) Explain the effect when the light reflected from A and B is combined.
    (d) Some of the reflected light will not hit the plastic-air boundary at 90q.
    Calculate the critical angle of the plastic-air boundary
    (e) On the diagram below, show what
    happens to a ray of light which hits the
    plastic-air boundary at point P at an
    angle greater than the critical angle.

    Addu high school/Dept of Science/Physics/unit 2/work sheet 2/ waves.

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