Quiz on Scattering of Light and Lenses

What is the phenomenon called when light is redirected in all directions upon interacting with particles in a medium?

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Scattering of light

• Diffraction

What type of scattering occurs when the energy of the incident beam and the scattered beam are the same?

• Elastic scattering

• Inelastic scattering

• Mie scattering

• Rayleigh scattering

Which type of scattering is responsible for the blue color of the sky?

• Raman scattering

• Mie scattering

• Rayleigh scattering

• Tyndall scattering

What is Tyndall scattering an example of?

• Scattering by liquids

• Scattering by gases

• Scattering by colloidal particles

• Scattering by large particles

What happens to the color of the Sun at sunrise and sunset?

• It appears blue

• It appears red

• It appears green

• It appears yellow

What is the effect called when light interacts with particles leading to a change in wavelength?

• Mie effect

• Rayleigh effect

• Tyndall effect

• Raman effect

What type of lens is thicker at the center than at the edges?

• Plano-concave lens

• Concave lens

• Biconcave lens

• Convex lens

Which scattering occurs when the diameter of the scatterer is similar to or larger than the wavelength of light?

• Raman scattering

• Tyndall scattering

• Mie scattering

• Rayleigh scattering

What is the term for the scattering of light rays by colloidal particles?

• Rayleigh scattering

• Elastic scattering

• Mie scattering

• Tyndall scattering

What type of lens diverges light rays?

• Convex lens

• Concave lens

• Biconvex lens

• Plano-convex lens