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Understanding Polarization and Polaroid Filters

Understanding Polarization and Polaroid Filters

Assessment

Interactive Video

Physics

9th - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Jennifer Brown

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens when two Polaroid filters are aligned perpendicularly?

Light changes color.

All light passes through.

No light passes through.

Light becomes brighter.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does unpolarized light differ from polarized light?

Unpolarized light is brighter.

Polarized light vibrates in multiple planes.

Unpolarized light vibrates in multiple planes.

Polarized light is dimmer.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the role of molecule alignment in a Polaroid filter?

It increases the intensity of light.

It blocks vibrations parallel to the alignment.

It changes the color of light.

It reflects all light.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to light when it passes through a Polaroid filter with horizontal molecules?

Light becomes unpolarized.

All vibrations pass through.

Horizontal vibrations are blocked.

Vertical vibrations are blocked.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When two Polaroid filters are aligned parallel, what is the result?

Half the light is blocked.

All light is blocked.

Light becomes polarized diagonally.

Light intensity doubles.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to light when it passes through two perpendicular Polaroid filters?

It becomes unpolarized.

It is completely blocked.

It becomes brighter.

It changes color.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do sunglasses reduce glare on water surfaces?

By reflecting all light.

By increasing light intensity.

By blocking vertical vibrations.

By blocking horizontal vibrations.

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