Optics

The Law of Reflection:
The angle of incidence is _________ the angle of reflection

• bigger than

• the same as

• smaller than

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Images seen in a plane mirror are always

• Upright and Virtual

• Upright and Real

• Inverted and Virtual

• Farther and Virtual

A student placed a pencil in a cup of water.  The pencil appears broken because light-

• always travels in a straight line

• bends when it passes through water

• makes the water in the glass evaporate

• reflects the pencil on the water's surface

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Convex Mirrors produce...

• only virtual images

• virtual or real images

• only real images

• inverted images

a real image...

• is produced by virtual rays and can be projected on a screen

• is produced by real rays and cannot be projected on a screen

• is produced by virtual rays and cannot be projected on a screen

• is produced by real rays and can be projected on a screen

An incident ray that is parallel to the principal axis...

• will reflect parallel to the principal axis

• will refract through the focal point

• will reflect through the center of curvature

• will continue along the same path through the lens

Speed of light in a vacuum is

• represented by the symbol "c"

• 3.00 X10⁸ m/s 

• both answers are correct

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what type of mirror is this

• concave

• convex

• translucent

• plane

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A magnifying glass is an example of what type of lens?

• convex

• concave

• mirror

• Cylinder

If frequency increases, wavelength ____

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

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