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• Lenses (physics only) exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to (Physics only) Describe how a convex lens can form a real image..

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• Lenses (physics only) exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to (Physics only) Describe how a convex lens can form a virtual image when the object is inside the focal length..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Lenses (physics only).

• Lenses (physics only) exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to (Physics only) Describe the image formed by a concave lens as virtual, upright and diminished..

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• Lenses (physics only) exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to (Physics only) Use ray diagrams to determine image position and size qualitatively..

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• Lenses (physics only) exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to (Physics only) Distinguish real images from virtual images..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Lenses (physics only).

• Lenses (physics only) exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to (Physics only) Explain how refraction at lens surfaces changes the direction of light rays..

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• Lenses (physics only) exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to (Physics only) Identify focal length from a simple lens diagram..

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• Lenses (physics only) exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to (Physics only) Avoid confusing lens convergence with reflection from a mirror..

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• Visible light (physics only) exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to (Physics only) Describe visible light as the part of the electromagnetic spectrum detected by the eye..

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• Visible light (physics only) exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to (Physics only) Explain that white light contains all colours of visible light..

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