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OPTICS_TERMINOLOGIES

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is the distance between corresponding points of two consecutive waves.

a)

WAVELENGTH

b)

SPHERICAL MIRROR

c)

SPECULAR REFLECTION

d)

PRISM

2.

It is a mirror with a surface that is either concave or convex and forms a portion of a true sphere.

a)

WAVELENGTH

b)

SPHERICAL MIRROR

c)

SPECULAR REFLECTION

d)

PRISM

3.

It is a type of surface reflectance often described as a mirror-like reflection of light from the surface when the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.

a)

WAVELENGTH

b)

SPHERICAL MIRROR

c)

SPECULAR REFLECTION

d)

PRISM

4.

It is simply defined as the bending of light.

a)

REFLECTION

b)

REFRACTION

c)

REFLECTED RAY

d)

INCIDENT RAY

5.

It is a ray of light that bounces back as it approaches a smooth polished surface, like on the plane mirror

a)

REFLECTION

b)

REFRACTION

c)

REFLECTED RAY

d)

INCIDENT RAY

6.

It is the bouncing back of light.

a)

REFLECTION

b)

REFRACTION

c)

REFLECTED RAY

d)

INCIDENT RAY

7.

It is a discipline of physics concerned with the behavior and properties of light, as well as its interactions with matter and the design of equipment that uses or detects it.

a)

MECHANICS

b)

ELECTROMAGNETISM

c)

OPTICS

d)

HYDRAULICS

8.

It is a ray that is incident at 90 degrees to a surface, perpendicular or normal to the surface.

a)

NORMAL

b)

FOCUS

c)

PRINCIPAL

d)

GUIDELINE

9.

It is a transparent piece of material that is been formed to bend light rays in a given way as they pass through it, whether that means causing them to converge at a specific point or diverge as if from a specific point.

a)

MIRROR

b)

LENS

c)

PRISM

d)

CAMERA

10.

It is a ray that strikes the surface separating the two optical media.

a)

REFLECTED RAY

b)

INCIDENT RAY

c)

MANTA RAY

d)

STING RAY

11.

He was an Arab Andalusian Muslim scholar, mystic, poet, and philosopher, extremely influential within Islamic thought. He was considered to be the “Father of Modern Optics”.

a)

IBN AL -HAYTHAM

b)

OSAMA BIN LADEN

c)

ABDULAZIZ BIN ABDU RAHMAN

d)

LADIZ ALADEEN

12.

It refers to the number of waves that pass a fixed point in unit time.

a)

FREQUNCY

b)

INTENSITY

c)

MAGNITUDE

d)

EONS

13.

It is the reflection of light from a surface such that an incident ray is reflected at many angles.

a)

SPECULAR

b)

DIFFUSE

c)

SPECTACULAR

d)

DIPERSE

14.

The angle between the reflected ray and the normal.

a)

ANGLE OF REFLECTION

b)

ANGLE OF REFLECTION

c)

ANGLE OF IRIDISCENCE

d)

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE

15.

The angle between the incident ray and the normal is known as the angle of incidence.

a)

ANGLE OF REFLECTION

b)

ANGLE OF REFRACTION

c)

ANGLE OF IRIDISCENCE

d)

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE