Reflection and Refraction Ray Diagrams

Light bending as it passes from one medium (object) to another is...

• Refraction
• Reflection

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What form does light travel in the same medium?

• Curved line
• Zig-Zag
• Straight Line

What causes light to appear refracted?

• temperature
• speed
• weather
• climate

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Light passes from air to glass will cause the light to

• have a greater angle in glass

• bend away from normal

• increase its speed
• reduce its speed

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The velocity of light in vacuum is _______ ms^(-1)

• 3x10⁸
• 3x10¹²
• 3x10⁶
• 3x10¹⁰

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How does light behave as it enters these mediums?

• continue its path as straight line.
• bends toward the normal
• bends away from the normal
• reflects

Swimming pools and the ocean look _______ than they really are due to refraction

• deeper

• shallower

• wider

• darker

Light passes into a glass block. Which is the angle of refraction?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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The diagram below shows a light incident on a boundary between air and glass. Which of the letters represent the path after it strikes the glass?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Why does the lower part of the child appear so much different in size from the upper part?

• The light rays that travel through water and then into air are refracted.
• The light rays that travel through water and then into air are enlarged.
• The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reflected.
• The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reduced.

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