2,903
edits
Changes
no edit summary
==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
[[File:PrismPicture.png|right|300px|thumb|A [[glass]] [[Prism (Physics)|prism]] with a [[Light Ray|ray]] of white [[light]] being split into the colours of the [[spectrum]].]]A [['''prism]] ''' is a [[transparent]] [[solid]] block with a triangular base.
===About Prisms===
: [[Prism]]s '''Prisms''' show how white [[light]] is made of many different [[colour]]s.: The different coloursall [[refraction|refract]] by a different amount, causing them to split.When white [[White Light|white light]] enters a [['''prism]] ''' it is split into a [[spectrum]] of 7 colours[[colour]]s:
*Red
*Orange
|[[File:PrismDiagram.png|center|500px]]
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A [[diagram ]] of a [['''prism]] ''' showing how white [[White Light|white light]] is made of the 7 colours [[colour]]s of the [[spectrum]].
|}
==Key Stage 4==
===Meaning===
[[File:PrismPicture.png|right|300px|thumb|A [[glass]] [[Prism (Physics)|prism]] with a [[Light Ray|ray]] of white [[light]] being split into the colours of the [[spectrum]].]]
A '''prism''' is a [[transparent]] [[solid]] block with a triangular base.
===About Prisms===
: '''Prisms''' show how white [[light]] is made of many different [[colour]]s.
: '''Prisms''' can be used in [[spectroscope]] to perform a [[chemical]] analysis.
: The different colours all [[refraction|refract]] by a different amount, causing them to split.
When [[White Light|white light]] enters a '''prism''' it is split into a [[spectrum]] of 7 [[colour]]s:
*Red
*Orange
*Yellow
*Green
*Blue
*Indigo
*Violet
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|[[File:PrismDiagram.png|center|500px]]
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A [[diagram]] of a '''prism''' showing how [[White Light|white light]] is made of the 7 [[colour]]s of the [[spectrum]].
|}
===References===
====AQA====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008158770/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008158770&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ec31595e720e1529e49876c3866fff6e ''Prism, page 226, GCSE Physics; Student Book, Collins, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/019835939X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=019835939X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=57e96876985fc39b1a3d8a3e3dc238b6 ''Prisms, pages 26, 205, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471851370/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471851370&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=01c69b0ae058f809cf636033e6ba793e ''Prisms, splitting of white light, pages 207-8, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA '']
====Edexcel====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120223/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120223&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=068ecf40278c32406a7f1c6e66751417 ''Prisms, page 56, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel '']
====OCR====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359837/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359837&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=3c4229e8b023b2b60768e7ea2307cc6f ''Prisms, pages 164, Gateway GCSE Physics, Oxford, OCR '']