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Light: Reflection and Refraction

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When light hits an area and bounces back it is called:

a)

echo

b)

refraction

c)

reflection

d)

absorbing

2.

When light goes from one material(medium) to another it becomes bent, what term means bent?

a)

reflected

b)

refracted

c)

absorbed

d)

turned

3.

Why does the straw appear to be bent?

a)

light is reflected

b)

light is absorbed

c)

light is turned

d)

light is refracted

4.

When light passes from air to water, what happens to the speed of the light?

a)

speeds up

b)

slows down

c)

stays the same

5.

What is the best explanation for Mickey seeing himself in the mirror?

a)

refraction

b)

absorbed

c)

reflection

d)

flipped

6.

What happens when light hits a mirror?

a)

It goes through the mirror and bends.

b)

It goes around the mirror.

c)

It bounces off the mirror.

d)

It goes straight through the mirror.

7.

The following diagram shows the ray diagram when a torch light is torched towards a mirror. Which of the following is the correct reflected ray?

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

Tick the correct of TWO devices which use the principle of light reflection in our daily lives.

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

What causes the formation of a rainbow?

a)

Light travels in a straight line

b)

Reflection of light

c)

Refraction of light

d)

Light in bounced in two different mediums

10.
What do we call this tool that separates white light into the colors of the Visible Spectrum?
a)
tuning fork
b)
prism
c)
microscope
d)
graduated cylinder
11.
According to the Law of reflection, a light ray striking a mirror
a)
continues moving through the mirror in the same direction
b)
moves into the mirror at a slightly different angle
c)
bounces off the mirror toward the direction it came from
d)
bounces off the mirror at the same angle it hits.
12.
When light/waves move from one medium to another, change in ____ can be observed.
a)
speed, direction, frequency
b)
speed, direction
c)
frequency
d)
amplitude
13.

What is the visible spectrum?

a)

a. The part of light waves we can see

b)

b. The part of light waves we cannot see

c)

c. the whole electromagnetic spectrum

d)

d. the energy spectrum

14.

What color has the longest wavelength?

a)

Black

b)

Green

c)

Purple

d)

Red

15.

What is the angle of reflection equal to?

a)

The angle of refraction

b)

The angle of incidence

c)

The angle of absorption

d)

The angle of light

16.

what is the order of the visible light spectrum from long wavelength to short wavelength

a)

ROYGBIV

b)

ROYBRVI

c)

VOYGBRI

d)

GBRIOY

17.

what happens to light when it order a more dense medium

a)

it speeds up and bends towards the normal

b)

it speeds up and bends away from the normal

c)

it slows down and bends towards the normal

d)

it slows down and bends away from the normal

18.

Law of reflection is...

a)

incident angle = reflected angle

b)

incident angle > reflected angle

c)

incident angle < reflected angle

d)

mirror are cool

19.

When a ray of light entering from air is incident on the surface of a glass slab at an angle of 90°, the measure of angle of refraction=

(a)  

20.

The focal length of a plane mirror is (a)  

21.

A mirror having focal length –15 cm is _________________

a)

Plane mirror

b)

Concave mirror

c)

Convex mirror

d)

None of these

22.

Assertion: For observing the traffic at the hairpin bend in the mountains a plane mirror is preferred over convex or concave mirror.

Reason: A convex mirror has a much larger field view than a plane mirror or a concave mirror.

a)

Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.

b)

Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.

c)

Assertion is true but Reason is false.

d)

Assertion is false but Reason is true.

23.

Which of the following characteristics are correct for the image formed in a plane mirror?


I. Upright

II. Inverted

III. Real

IV. Same size as the object

V. Virtual

a)

I, II, III

b)

I, III, IV

c)

I, IV, V

d)

III, IV, V

24.

Images in a plane mirror are

a)

real

b)

larger

c)

same size

d)

smaller

25.

This ray diagram is for which mirror?

a)

concave

b)

convex

c)

plane

d)

window

26.

In the image, all the rays meet at F, What is F

a)

focal length

b)

focal point

c)

center of curvature

d)

reflection

27.

A shopkeeper wants to keep an eye on his store in order to prevent shoplifting. What could the shopkeeper hang on the wall in order to see a wider image of his store and his customers?

a)

a convex mirror

b)

a concave mirror

c)

a convex lens

d)

a concave lens

28.

A dentist uses a small dental mirror to help magnify teeth in your mouth. What type of mirror is this?

a)

a convex mirror

b)

a concave mirror

c)

a convex lens

d)

a concave lens

29.
Which terms describe the reflection seen in this image?
a)
virtual, upright
b)
virtual, inverted
c)
real, upright
d)
real, inverted
30.
Convex Mirrors produce...
a)
only virtual images
b)
virtual or real images
c)
only real images
d)
inverted images
31.

Real images are :

a)

Always inverted

b)

can be larger or smaller than the object

c)

can be obtained on screen

d)

all the above

32.
In a concave mirror, if an incident ray passes through F and hits the mirror then it will reflect
a)
Towards C
b)
Towards F
c)
Parallel
d)
Away from the mirror
33.

If the object is between C and f of a concave mirror, the image is ...

a)

image is real, smaller, and inverted

b)

image is real, smaller, and upright

c)

image is virtual, smaller, and inverted

d)

image is real, bigger, and inverted

34.
The value for f is negative in this diagram.
a)
True
b)
False
35.

Which lens represents the path light takes through a diverging lens?

a)
b)
c)
d)
36.

Which figure represents the path light takes through a converging lens?

a)
b)
c)
d)
37.
A student shines a narrow beam of white light into a prism as shown in the diagram. He sees a spectrum of colours emerging from the prism.  Which three colours does he see at X, at Y and at Z? 
a)
X: blue, Y:yellow, Z:red
b)
X: red, Y:blue, Z:yellow
c)
X: red, Y:yellow, Z:blue
d)
X: yellow, Y:red, Z:blue
38.
If an object is inside of the focal length, then the image formed is __________
a)
virtual, inverted
b)
virtual, upright
c)
real, inverted
d)
real, upright
39.

Which of the following ray diagram is NOT correctly drawn?

a)
b)
c)
d)
40.

What type of lens is used in the shown instrument?

a)

concave lens

b)

convex lens

c)

reflection lens

d)

reduction lens

41.
a mirror with a surface that curves inward like the inside of a bowl
a)
concave mirror
b)
convex mirror
c)
plane mirror
d)
flat mirror
42.
The focal length is equal to the:
a)
radius of curvature
b)
diameter of curvature
c)
half radius of curvature
d)
half diameter of curvature
43.
An image that forms where light seems to come from a point but light rays don't actually meet is a 
a)
virtual image
b)
real image
c)
Inverted Image
d)
Pizza
44.
Velocity of light ______ when it passes from optically denser to optically rarer medium
a)
decreases
b)
increases
c)
does not change
45.
Magnification produced by concave lens is always ______
a)
> 1
b)
< 1
c)
= 1
46.
Absolute refractive index is maximum for ________.
a)
water
b)
diamond
c)
glass
d)
mercury
47.
Absolute refractive index is least for ________.
a)
air
b)
mica
c)
vacuum
d)
water
48.

A ray of light incident on one of the parallel faces of a rectangular glass slab, emerges out of the opposite parallel face

a)

inclined to the incident ray

b)

parallel to the incident ray but laterally displaced

c)

along the same straight line as the incident ray

d)

none

49.

Refractive index is the property of :

a)

one medium

b)

pair of media

c)

vacuum

d)

none

50.

lateral displacement is the

a)

perpendicular distance between the incident ray and the emergent ray

b)

angle between refracted ray and normal

c)

angle between emergent ray and normal

d)

none

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