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1) The document discusses refraction of sea waves and how wave speed, wavelength, and amplitude change as waves approach shorelines with changing depths like capes and bays. Refraction causes waves to bend towards or away from the normal, converging or diverging energy. 2) It also discusses how sounds are softer during the day and louder at night due to refraction of sound waves in differently heated air layers above land. 3) Finally, it explains the working principles of astronomical telescopes and compound microscopes which use two convex lenses - an objective lens that forms a real, inverted image, and an eyepiece that magnifies this image into a virtual, upright one.

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SPM Physics Notes

1) The document discusses refraction of sea waves and how wave speed, wavelength, and amplitude change as waves approach shorelines with changing depths like capes and bays. Refraction causes waves to bend towards or away from the normal, converging or diverging energy. 2) It also discusses how sounds are softer during the day and louder at night due to refraction of sound waves in differently heated air layers above land. 3) Finally, it explains the working principles of astronomical telescopes and compound microscopes which use two convex lenses - an objective lens that forms a real, inverted image, and an eyepiece that magnifies this image into a virtual, upright one.

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(Refraction of Sea waves

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Before the sea waves approach the beach the , sea wavefronts are almost
the water moves at uniform speed
parallel . The water
straight and because
around the
around the
cape is shallow while water bay is deep When sea .

waves more towards the the wavespeed will decrease causing the wavelength
cape ,

to become shorter Meanwhile , the sea waves at the bay area moves with
.

due the bay


higher
wave and
speed longer wavelength . Refraction
being deeper
towards the normal occur this causes the wavefront to bend and follow
,

the shape of the shorelinee.


-
At the cape , the refraction of wave causes the wave energy to converge at
the cape area resulting higher amplitude waves.
-
At the bay area the refraction of wave causes the wave energy to diverge
,

the amplitude of waves at the


and spread over a larger area
causing bay
area to be smaller

(Why sounds are softer


during day and louder during night ?
-

During the day air above the land is hotter than the air higher up.
,

When sound waves travel from a hot air region to a cold air region,
refraction of sound waves towards the normal occur sound waves are ,

bent
away from the surface of the Earth causing sound to be softer
when heard on the surface
.

above the land is cooler than the air


During the night up When higher
-

,
air .

sound waves travel from a cold air region to a hot air region , refraction of
sound waves away from normal occurs sound waves is bent towards the
,

surface of the Earth causing sound to be louder when heard on the surface
.
(Working Principle of Astronomical telescope) 5> Se L= SotSe n = c

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The Astronomical telescope consists of two convex lens which are objective lens
named
and . The
eyepiece focal length of objective lens ,
to is longer than the focal length of
fe When the
parallel light rays from distant object pass through the
eyepiece . .

objective lens the light rays are converged to form an image


, , Is at the focal point
of objective lens Fo . The
Is is real inverted and diminished
, .
, position of eyepiece is
adjusted until the distance between objective lens and eyepiece L fotfe Fo-Fe, ,
=
.

Io is now the object for the eyepiece Light rays will then pass through
eyepiece which
.

, In that is virtual inverted


and
produces an image magnified with respect to the original
,

u =f rum
distant object. =R uaf rund
u= 2f RIS
-< uc2f RIM

(Working Principle of compound microscope) foclocks to ce ↳ fotse Kete


-

The compound microscope consists of two convex lenses named objective lens and eyepiece .

The focal length of objective lens to is shorter than the focal length of eyepiece fe When
C , .

light rays from the microscopic object pass through the objective lens the light &

rays are converged to form an image , Is


which is real inverted and magnified due to ,

fo and 250 The


object distance is between position of eyepiece is adjusted until the distance
.

between objective lens and L fotse The eyepiece acts


eyepiece ,
>
.a
magnifying glass when as ,

the
light rays pass thrown 9 eyepiece an image In which is virtual inverted and magnified
, , ,

with respect to the original microscopic object due to object distance uafe . ,

telescope

m =
G
1 Chapter :formula
3

universal
gravitation : F =
Gr
2) Gravitational acceleration :

·
surface :
g: /g (g' : ounder :
g (E)g
= ·
above :
g:th /g = ( ]ng
3) Mass of planet/moon/star : 1) M=
ii) m =
iii) M 4
= (M is the mass of the
larger body not the
,
one
orbiting)
orbitingbyis
Law andr aretaken from
the

4) &5)
,

centripetal force : Fc :
Kepler's Third
2

it) velocity proportion I


i acceleration : a = · : =
T2
r
: v=
r

6) man-made satellite :

) Velocity
orbital : ii) escupevecity
:

formula
Chapter 4 :
chapter 5: formula
1)
!
I xc =
(X 273)k + Wave speed :

2 A =
lo-lo
lis-lo X100 i) v = X ii) =
(different region)
3) Heat capacity C mc/C : = =
- 2) frequency : 5:

3) Distance d
t
4) Specific heat capacity : c=
R
to
: =

5) Latent Heat Q me/Pt me/Q Pt : = = = 4) Wavelength : <= - ---


6) Boyle's law RV Para (Pat)
--------
: =

7) Charles' law F = (vxT) :


X

8) Gay Lussac's law E (PAT) :


=

A
↑ ⑨ ---------------- "
..........
I screen

-x T
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