Polarization of Light

The production of light with a specific pattern of oscillation.

• reflection

• polarization

• refraction

• diffraction

A Polarizing filter is used to reduce glare on reflective surfaces including glass, windows, and water.

• True

• False

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A polarizer is used to:

• reduce intensity of light

• produce polarized light

• increase intensity of light

• produce unpolarized light

Approximately how much light is blocked by two polarizing filters that are perpendicular to each other?

• 0%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

Approximately how much light is blocked by a single polarizing filter?

• 0%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

Polarized light of intensity I₀ is incident on a polarising filter. The angle between the plane of polarisation of the incident light and the transmission plane of the polariser is θ. Which graph shows how the intensity I of the light transmitted through the polariser varies with θ?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

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which picture shows the polarization of light :

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

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If a polarizer is placed in a beam of nonpolarized light, only the components of the waves in the .......................direction as the polarizing axis can pass through .

• same

• different

• perpendicular

If the polarizing axis of the second filter is parallel to

that of the first, the light will .............

• pass through it

• block

• reflect

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NGSS.HS-PS4-5

Two polarizing filters are set up so the transmitted light is at a maximum intensity.

Through which angle should polariser 2 be rotated so that no light is transmitted?

• 45º

• 60º

• 90º

• 180º

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