Physics Department Lesson Quiz Name: _________________________ ( ) Class: ____________ ______________ TOPIC: LIGHT (REFLECTION & REFRACTION)

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A. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. When an incident ray falls onto a mirror in the following diagram, the reflected ray lies along which path? A B C D ( C 2. The diagram below represents a light ray being reflected from a plane mirror. The angle between the rays is 70o.
70o

30

Comments: Construct a normal at the point of incidence and divide 70o by 2. D 70o (

What is the angle of incidence for this ray? A 20o B 35o C 60o

3. Which statement about the image of an object formed by a plane mirror is correct? A B C D It It It It is is is is real and enlarged. inverted and of the same size as the object. virtual and on the plane of the mirror. virtual and same size as the object. (D ) 4. A letter P is placed in front of a mirror as shown in the diagram below, which of the following image is observed in the mirror?

P
virtual

upright

real

Laterally inverted

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5. The diagram below shows a plane mirror placed at a distance of 100 cm in front of a man. If a balloon is tied 50 cm behind the man, what is the distance from its image to the man? Image of balloon 100 cm 50 cm

A B C D )

150 200 250 300

cm cm cm cm

Comments: Distance of image to mirror is 150 cm. Hence distance to man is 150 + 100 = 250 cm

(C

6. An object is placed in front of a mirror in the diagram below. At which position will the observer see the image of the object? Comments: Position of image is same Object observer distance as object away from mirror. A C ( B ) 7. A metre long ruler has a small hole drilled into it at the 40 cm mark. A man peeks through the tiny hole at a 30 cm long plane mirror placed as shown in the diagram. What is the minimum and maximum reading he can see on the ruler?
0 cm

image

30 cm

mirror

60 cm

Comments: Construct the image of ruler on right and using ray diagram to construct backwards in order to determine the maximum and minimum length.

100 cm

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Minimum reading A B C D 20 20 30 30 cm cm cm cm

Maximum reading 70 cm 80 cm 60 cm 80 cm

( 8. What causes refraction to take place when light travels from one medium to another of different optical densities? A different speeds of light in different media B different density of different media C bending of light at the boundary between two media D Light bouncing off the boundary between the media 9. Which are the angles of incidence and angle of refraction?

A )

A B C D

Angle of incidence ABD ABF ABD ABF

Angle of refraction CBG CBE CBE CBG

10. Whic h arrow shows the correct path of a ray emerging from the glass block shown? A 45o B C D ( incident ray ) 45o B Comments: Incident ray is parallel to refracted ray.

11. The diagram shows the path of a ray of light travelling towards and into a pool of water. Four angles are labeled.
p
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q s r water

Which two angles would be correctly used in the equation constant? A ( P and R ) B P and S C Q and R

sin i = sin r

QA and S

12. A ray of light travels from air to unknown medium X as shown below. Given that the refractive index of air is 1.0, what is the refractive index of X ? 30o air X 22.6o A C 0.978 0.768 B D 1.30 1.32 ) Comments: Use n = sin i/sinr

13. A ray of light travels from air to diamond as shown below. Given that the refractive index of diamond is 2.2, what are the values of angle ABD and angle EBC?

Comments: Use n = sini/sinr to find angle CBE; since ABD is angle of reflection is same as angle of incidence, therefore it is also 40o .

A B C D

ABD
17o 17o 40o 40o

EBC
17o 40o 17o 40o

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14. light ray travels through three mediums as shown. Which of the medium following shows them in ascending order of refractive index? Comments: Light bends towards normal in denser 1 2 3 medium while it bends away from normal in less dense medium. Since medium 3 light bends away the most, it is least dense. A B C D medium 1, medium 3 medium 2, medium 1 medium 3, medium 2 medium 1, medium 2 2, medium 3, medium 1, medium 3, medium ( )

15. A ray of light passes through a glass block as shown in the diagram. Which of the following expressions should be used to calculate the refractive index of the glass block?
air glass

20

Comments: Use n = sin i/ sin r; Note that i = 90 50 40o, therefore n = sin 40 / sin 20

50 A C ( ) sin 20 B. STRUCTURED QUESTIONS 16. The diagram shows a light ray reflecting off a smooth surface. [2] i. Which of the angles is the c angle of incidence: b b angle of reflection: c a d ii. If angle a = 40, what is the angle c? 40
o

sin 20 sin 50 sin 40

B D

sin 50 sin 20 sin 20 sin 40 C

(angle of incidence =

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angle of reflection)

[1]

17. The figure shows an arrow marked AB and the eye in front of a plane mirror. Mark the position of the image of the arrow in the mirror. Label the image as AB. [1] (b) The image of AB is virtual. Write down what this means. [1] Virtual means that image cannot be captured on a screen. (c) Draw the path of a single ray of light leaving point A and then reflecting in the mirror before entering the eye.
plane mirror

[2]

A B

A B

18. The diagram below shows the refraction of a ray of blue light at the boundary between air and glass. (The angles have not been drawn to scale) medium P medium Q State, with a reason, which medium P and Q represents the glass. [1] Q represents glass and this is true for an optically denser medium as light bends nearer to the normal compared to P . 19. (a) (i) Mark on the diagram the angle of incidence i and the angle of refraction r. [1]

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air glass

(ii) Calculate the refractive index of the glass. [2] I =(90-26)= 64 , r = (90-28-26) = 36 n = sin i/ sin r = sin 64 / sin 36 = 1.53 (b) Complete the following figure to show the path of the light ray as it passes from air through the glass block including the emergent ray. [1]

Air glass

Comment: Light will travel through the glass block as light is perpendicular to the boundary.

20. The diagram shows the plan view of a fish tank containing one goldfish.
tank

Fish 1 image
goldfish

Fish 2 image
side A

water

Ans for (a) because light bends away at side A

A boy can see two images of the fish when he looks from the position shown above. The side B diagram shows a ray of light, from the fish, that is refracted at side B of the tank. The ray of light enters the eye as shown. On the figure above, a. draw a second ray from the fish to the eye that is refracted at side A of the tank, b. show the positions of the two images of the fish. [3]

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