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4F - 4. Reflection and Refraction of Light

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
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1.

What is the incoming ray of light that strikes a mirror called?

a)

Refracted ray

b)

Incident ray

c)

Normal ray

d)

Reflected ray

2.

What is the angle of incidence equal to?

a)

Angle of refraction

b)

Angle of reflection

c)

Angle of divergence

d)

Angle of convergence

3.

What happens to light when it passes from air into glass?

a)

It speeds up

b)

It bends

c)

It disappears

d)

It reflects

4.

What is the refractive index of a medium?

a)

Speed of light in vacuum divided by speed of light in medium

b)

Speed of light in medium multiplied by speed of light in vacuum

c)

Speed of light in medium divided by speed of light in vacuum

d)

Speed of sound in medium divided by speed of light in vacuum

5.

What is the speed of light in glass?

a)

200,000 km/s

b)

300,000 km/s

c)

150,000 km/s

d)

100,000 km/s

6.

Who discovered the relationship between the angles of incidence and refraction?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Willebrord Snell

d)

Galileo Galilei

7.

What type of lens is thickest in the middle?

a)

Biconcave lens

b)

Concave lens

c)

Convex lens

d)

Flat lens

8.

What is the principal focus of a convex lens?

a)

The point where rays converge

b)

The point where rays are parallel

c)

The point where rays disappear

d)

The point where rays diverge

9.

What type of lens is known as a diverging lens?

a)

Plano-concave lens

b)

Convex lens

c)

Biconvex lens

d)

Concave lens

10.

What type of image is formed by a convex lens?

a)

Virtual image

b)

Real image

c)

Inverted image

d)

Upright image

11.

What is the effect of increasing the angle of incidence on the angle of refraction?

a)

It reverses the angle of refraction

b)

It decreases the angle of refraction

c)

It increases the angle of refraction

d)

It has no effect

12.

What is the characteristic of a concave lens image?

a)

Always virtual and upright

b)

Always large and inverted

c)

Always small and upright

d)

Always real and inverted

13.

What does the refractive index indicate?

a)

The speed of sound in a medium

b)

The temperature of a medium

c)

The color of light in a medium

d)

The bending effect of light in a medium

14.

What is the distance from the center of a lens to its principal focus called?

a)

Refractive distance

b)

Principal axis

c)

Optical center

d)

Focal length

15.

What happens to light rays when they pass through a concave lens?

a)

They diverge

b)

They converge

c)

They disappear

d)

They reflect