Your task is to answer the following questions:

3b Question 1a
What are fibre optics and give a short description of how they
work? A diagram may be useful.

Fibre optics is internal reflection. The light hits a smooth surface

and that is why it bounce straight back in a straight line causing
internal reflection.

5d Question 1b
Describe how an understanding of total internal reflection has
helped scientists to develop endoscope and phones

So that when the light hits the inside of a tube it reflects and
total internal reflection helps it go around bends.
 Question 2
Two uses for fibre optics is communication and endoscopes
For each use answer these questions
4b Question 2a USE:
Describe what it is replacing
You put a tube down some ones through so you can see what is
happening inside

3c Question 2b
4c Show how this new technique is an improvement over existing
6b techniques.
6d

4a Question 2c
5c Describe the advantages and disadvantages of this use for fibre
6d optics

The advantages are that the it makes messages travel faster

Disadvantage are it is really expensive.

5a Question 2d
What might the people using this technique think about it? Give
reasons to back up your ideas. Why good or bad?

They might think it is easier to send messages as it gets there

quicker but they might find it expensive.

6a Question 2e
6b Has the technique made an impact on life in other countries?
 I am not quit sure

Question 2
Two uses for fibre optics is communication and endoscopes
For each use answer these questions
4b Question 2a USE:
Describe what it is replacing

You put a tube down a persons thought so you can see

3c Question 2b
4c Show how this new technique is an improvement over existing
6b techniques.
6d

A Question 2c
5c Describe the advantages and disadvantages of this use for fibre
6d optics

The advantage is you can see what is happening inside the body
The disadvantage there ant enough to supply around the world.

5a Question 2d
What might the people using this technique think about it? Give
reasons to back up your ideas. Why good or bad?

It is eaisyer to see inside the body

6a Question 2e
6b Has the technique made an impact on life in other countries?
I am not sure
3 AF2
Understanding the applications and implications of science
To reach this level I could have:
a described some uses of fibre optics.
b stated that information can be carried from place to place using light reflections.
c explained that using light to carry speech when we use a telephone has improved
the quality of what we hear.
4 AF2
Understanding the applications and implications of science
To reach this level I could have:
a described some of the improvements that there have been in medicine due to the
development of fibre optics as well as any drawbacks, e.g. investment in new
technologies.
b explained that fibre optics are replacing copper wires.
c described the use of fibre optics to look inside people without cutting them open.
5 AF2
Understanding the applications and implications of science
To reach this level I could have:
a explained why healthcare staff like endoscopes, e.g. they are quick to use, but
some patients may be worried, e.g. having to swallow an endoscope.
b described how the development of endoscopes has affected doctors, e.g.
retraining, less surgical time needed; and patients, e.g. faster recovery, better to use in
parts of the world where infection is difficult to control.
c explained why the use of fibre optics has improved survival rate of operations, but
sometimes the use of an endoscope can cause its own complications.
d described how an understanding of total internal reflection helped scientists to
develop endoscopes.
6 AF2
Understanding the applications and implications of science
To reach this level I could have:
a described how fibre optics have made a significant impact in more developed
countries.
b explained how the installation of fibre optic cables affects the people living in those
countries, e.g. clearer phone calls, faster data transfer allowing faster trading; and the
companies that make the cables, e.g. making more profit.
c explained how the development of fibre optics has lead to developments in glass
making.
d described the benefits to patients of fibre optic investigations compared to invasive
surgery

Task 23 Bending light 2 – Level ladder

Task 23 Bending light