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Blockbusters Questions
Letter

Question

Answer

a
a

Give me an a that is the size of a wave.

Give me an a that controls the amount of light

entering a camera.

Give me a b that means refracts and is what

happens to light on passing from air to glass.

bends

b
b

Give me a b that is a primary colour of light.

blue

c1

Give me a c that is an instrument for taking

pictures.

c1

Give me a c that is a secondary colour formed by

mixing blue and green light.

c1

Give me a c that could describe what you see in

the visible spectrum.

colour

c2

Give me a c that is the type of lens found in your

eyes.

convex

c2

Give me a c that are the muscles in your eyes

that control the power of the lens.

ciliary

c2

Give me a c that is a lens that is thinner in the

middle than at the edges.

Give me an a that happens when light is not

reflected or refracted.

Give me a b that is the opposite of dull and could

describe the sun.

Give me a d that happens to white light in order

to form a visible spectrum.

Give me a d that comes before light, time and

break and there are seven in a week.

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Give me a d that is the bending of waves near an

object.

diffraction

Give me an e that occurs when the Moon casts a

shadow on the Earths surface.

eclipse

e
e

Give me an e that we use to see.

Give me an e that can be used to describe light
or electricity.

eye
energy

f1

Give me an f that is the number of waves

produced every second.

f1

Give me an f that a lens does to produce a clear,

sharp image.

focus

f1

Give me an f that can be used to make coloured

light from white light.

filter

f2

Give me an f that you get if you light a Bunsen

burner and it gives out light energy.

flame

f2

Give me an f that means having a very bright

appearance when light is shone at it, as if shining
itself.

f2

Give me an f that comes after optical and is a

thin strand of glass that carries light energy.

fibre

g
g

Give me a g that is a primary colour of light.

green

Give me a g that is electromagnetic radiation

with an extremely short wavelength.

gamma

Give me a g that is a material normally used for

making lenses and prisms.

glass

i1

Give me an i that is the coloured part of your

eye that controls the amount of light entering.

iris

i1

Give me an i that is the invisible light that is

just beyond the red end of the visible spectrum.

infra-red

i1

Give me an i that is the ray of light that travels

towards a mirror.

incident

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i2

Give me an i that is picture that you see when

you look at yourself in a mirror.

i2
i2

Give me an i that means upside-down.

l1

Give me an l that is a type of energy produced by

a lamp.

light

l1

Give me an l that is used by cameras to produce

a sharp image on the film.

lens

l1

Give me an l that is a very pure type of light

used in compact disc players.

laser

l2

Give me an l that comes before inverted and

means back to front.

laterally

l2

Give me an l that is the process of giving off

light through some means other than burning.

luminescence

l2

Give me an l that produces a flash of light and is

often accompanied by thunder.

Give me an i that is the visible colour of light

that lies between blue and violet.

image
inverted
indigo

lightning

m1

Give me an m that is a reflective surface in

which we can see an image of ourselves.

m1

Give me an m that is a secondary colour

produced by mixing red and blue light.

magenta

m1

Give me an m that is what a lens might do in

order for us to see more detail.

magnify

m2

Give me an m that is an instrument for making an

object appear bigger than it actually is.

microscope

m2

Give me an m that is a substance such as glass or

air that allows light to pass through it.

medium

m2

Give me an m who is the Albert who measured

the speed of light in 1882 using spinning mirrors.

Michelson

Give me an n who is the Isaac who was the first

scientist to notice the colours of the spectrum.

Newton

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Give me an n that comes after mid, good and

bonfire and occurs once each day.

Give me an n that is a line drawn at right angles

to a boundary to enable us to see refraction
more clearly.

normal

Give me an o that is placed in front of a mirror

in order to see an image of it.

object

Give me an o that describes something that you

cannot see through.

opaque

Give me an o that is the nerve attached to your

eye that carries messages to the brain.

optic

p1

Give me a p that is a colour of light from which

all other colours can be made.

primary

p1

Give me a p that is a triangular piece of glass

that can be used to split up white light.

p1

Give me a p that is an instrument using two

mirrors for seeing over or around solid objects.

p2

Give me a p that is the black part of your eye

through which the light enters.

pupil

p2

Give me a p that describes a mirror that is not

curved but straight.

plane

p2

Give me a p that is a ghost produced by an

optical illusion on stage in a theatre.

Peppers

r1

Give me an r that is what happens to light when

it strikes a shiny or mirrored surface.

reflects

r1

Give me an r that is the bending of light as it

crosses the boundary from one medium to
another.

refraction

r1

Give me an r that is a pencil-thin beam of light

often used on diagrams.

ray

r2

Give me an r that is produced by the dispersion

of sunlight by raindrops.

rainbow

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r2

Give me an r that is the light-sensitive surface

at the back of the eye on which the image is
formed.

retina

r2

Give me an r that comes after electromagnetic

and is a whole spectrum of different wave
frequencies.

radiation

Give me an s that is the visible band of colour

that we see in a rainbow.

spectrum

Give me an s that is produced when light is

obstructed by an opaque object.

Give me an s that is the colour of light produced

when two primary colours are added together.

secondary

Give me a t that describes a material that allows

light to pass through it.

transparent

Give me a t that describes a material that seems

to glow when light passes through it.

translucent

Give me a t that is an instrument that is used

for viewing distant planets and galaxies.

Give me a v that is the colour of the visible

spectrum that has the shortest wavelength.

violet

Give me a v that is the ability to see clearly, or a

mental picture.

vision

Give me a v that means able to be seen, or

noticeable.

visible

Give me a w that is the colour of light obtained

by adding the three primary colours.

white

Give me a w that means the distance between

two neighbouring crests on a wave.

Give me a w that is the form in which light

energy travels through a substance.

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wavelength
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