CHAPTER 14 LIGHT

Homework

Chapter 14

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CIE-IGCSE-Part I Multiple Choice

SCORE 1. Two beams of light are both the same colour of red. One
beam is travelling through air. The other beam is travelling
through water. Each beam has a different brightness.

Which quantity is the same for both sets of waves?

A. amplitude B. Frequency

C. speed D. wavelength

2. The diagram shows a ray of light in glass incident on the

What happens if the angle of incidence is made larger than

A. The angle of refraction becomes equal to 90° .

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B. There is a refracted ray C. There is a refracted ray only.
and a ray reflected inside
D. There is only a ray reflected inside the glass.
the glass.

3. The diagram shows a ray of light in air incident on a glass block. Some of the light is
refracted and some of the light is reflected. Two angles, p and q, are marked on the
diagram.

Which row gives the angle of incidence and states whether total internal reflection occurs?

4. The diagram shows how a ray of light refracts when going from air to Perspex.

The critical angle of Perspex is c.

Which expression is correct?

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 sin x sin z
A. =sin c B. =sin c
sin z sin x

sin w sin y
C. =sin c D. =sin c
sin y sin w

5. The letter F is reflected in a mirror.

What does the optical image look like?

6. A ray of light travels from air into a glass block.

Three suggestions as to how the refractive index of glass n may be calculated are listed.

1 va
n=
vg

2 λa
n=
λg

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 3 fa
n=
fg

Which suggestions are correct?

A. 1, 2 and 3 B. 1 and 2 only

C. 1 and 3 only D. 2 and 3 only

7. A photographer sees his image as shown.

What could X be?

8. Light travelling at a speed of 3.0 × 108 m/s strikes the surface of a glass block and
undergoes refraction as it enters the block.

The diagram shows a ray of this light before and after it enters the block.

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What is the speed of light in the glass?

A. 1.8 × 108 m/s

B. 2.0 × 108 m/s

C. 4.5 × 108 m/s

D. 5.0 × 108 m/s

9. A beam of light is monochromatic.

What does monochromatic mean?

A. All the waves in the beam must have the same frequency only.

B. All the waves in the beam must have the same amplitude only.

C. All the waves in the beam must have the same speed only.

D. All the waves in the beam must have the same amplitude, frequency and speed.

10. Two rays with an angle of incidence of 60° pass into dilute and concentrated sugar-
water solutions. The refractions are shown.

Which row is correct?

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11. Which row correctly describes light waves?

12. Which statement about a thin converging lens is correct?

A. All rays of light refracted by the lens pass through the principal focus.

B. All rays initially parallel to the principal axis of the lens are refracted through the
principal focus.

C. The focal length of the lens is the distance between the image and the principal focus.

D. The focal length of the lens is the distance between the object and the image.

13. An optical lever is a very sensitive device for detecting small rotations. A lamp sends a
narrow beam of light on to a small plane mirror attached to a shaft whose rotation is to be
measured. The operation of the device is shown in plan view.

The beam from the lamp reflects from the mirror to give a small spot of light on a scale

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placed just above the lamp. The shaft and mirror rotate through 1°. The spot of light moves
along the scale.

The table shows the angle θ through which the reflected beam rotates and the conditions
required for high sensitivity.

Which row is correct?

14. A driver sits in a car. She has a rear-view plane mirror 0.5 m in front of her. A bus is 7.5
m behind the driver.

The driver looks at the image of the bus in her mirror.

How far is the image away from her?

A. 1.0 m B. 7.5 m C. 8.0 m D. 8.5 m

15. The diagram shows white light passing through a prism.

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Which description of what happens as the light passes into the prism is correct?

A. The speed of the red light is less than the speed of the violet light and the red light is
the least refracted.

B. The speed of the red light is greater than the speed of the violet light and the red light is
the least refracted.

C. The speed of the violet light is less than the speed of the red light and the violet light is
the least refracted.

D. The speed of the violet light is greater than the speed of the red light and the violet light
is the least refracted.

16. White light can be split into different colours by passing it through a prism.

What is the name of this process?

A. diffraction

B. dispersion

C. reflection

D. total internal reflection

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CIE-IGCSE-Part II Theory

1. (a) Explain, in terms of the behaviour of light rays, what is meant by principal focus for a
thin converging lens.

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(b) State what is meant by focal length.

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(c) A lens is used to produce a focused image of an object on a translucent screen.

Fig. 1.1 shows the object O and its image I .

Fig. 1.1

(i) Consider the straight ray that passes from the tip of O to the tip of I and find the
position of the lens. Mark the position of the lens by drawing a vertical line labelled L

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 from the top of the grid to the bottom.

(ii) On Fig. 1.1, draw a ray that passes through one of the principal focuses and
determine the focal length of the lens.

focal length = ..........................................................

(iii) Object O is a printed document that includes a large letter R on the side facing the
lens. The top edge of the document corresponds to the tip of O. Fig. 1.2 shows the
printed document.

Fig. 1.2 Fig. 1.3

On Fig. 1.3, mark a tick in one of the boxes (  ) to indicate how the image on the

translucent screen appears to someone who is looking at the screen from point P.
Explain why the image has this appearance.

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2. Fig. 2.1 shows a ray of light approaching face AB of a glass prism of refractive index
1.5.

Fig. 2.1

(a) (i) On Fig. 2.1, accurately draw the path of the ray within the prism from face AB to face
AC. You will need to make a measurement from Fig. 2.1 and carry out a calculation.

(ii) Determine the angle of incidence of this ray when it strikes face AC.

angle = ........................................................

(b) Without further measurement or calculation, sketch on Fig. 2.1 the approximate path of
the ray after passing through the face AC.

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(c) Fig. 2.2 shows a ray of light travelling within an optical fibre.

Fig. 2.2

(i) Complete the path of the ray of light to the left-hand end of the fibre.

(ii) Name the process taking place at X. ..........................................................................

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3. (a) Fig. 3.1 shows a ray of green light emerging from one face of a glass prism.

Fig. 3.1

(i) On Fig. 3.1, draw the path of the green light entering and passing through the prism.

(ii) The green light is monochromatic. State, in terms of a wave property, what is
meant by monochromatic light.

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(b) (i) State the speed of light in air.

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(ii) The wavelength of green light in air is 5.2 × 10 –7 m.

Calculate the frequency of green light.

frequency = .........................................................

(iii) The refractive index of glass for green light is 1.52.

Calculate the speed of green light in glass.

speed = .........................................................

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4. Fig. 4.1 is a full-scale diagram of a lens and an object O.

Fig. 4.1

(a) The focal length of the lens is 3.5 cm.

On Fig. 4.1, mark and label with the letter F the positions of the two principal focuses.

(b) On Fig. 4.1, draw three rays to locate the image. Draw an arrow to represent the
image and label the image I .

(c) State three properties of the image I .

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(d) A student incorrectly states that this lens is being used as a magnifying glass.

(i) State how the image produced by a magnifying glass is different from the image I .

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(ii) The student moves the object O to a position P so that the lens shown in Fig. 4.1
acts as a magnifying glass.

On Fig. 4.1, mark a possible position for P.

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