CHAPTER 5 : LIGHT

1. Diagram 3.1 shows a mirror at the corner of a shop.

Mirror
Cermin

DIAGRAM 3.1

(a) Name the type of mirror shown in Diagram 3.1.

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(b) Name one characteristic of the image formed by the mirror.

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(c) Sketch a ray diagram to show how the image is formed.

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(d) What is the advantage of using this type of mirror in the shop?

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2. Diagram 2 shows a cross-sectional area of an optical fibre which consist of two layers of glass
with different refractive index. The glass which forms the inner core, Y is surrounded by
another type of glass which forms the outer layer, X.

DIAGRAM 2

(a) (i) Name the light phenomenon observed in optical fibre?

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(ii) Compare the refractive index of outer layer X and inner core Y.

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(b) The refractive index of inner core Y is 2.10.
Calculate the critical angle of the inner core Y.

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(c) Name other optical device that applies the phenomenon in (a)(i).

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3. Diagram 4.1 shows the image of a patient’s teeth seen in a mirror used by a dentist.

DIAGRAM 4.1
(a) Name the type of the mirror used by the dentist.
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(a) State the light phenomenon that causes the image of the teeth.

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(c) State two characteristics of the image formed.

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(b) In the diagram below, the arrow represents the teeth as the object of the mirror.
Complete the ray diagram by drawing the required rays to locate the position of the
image.

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marks]

4. The Diagram shows a side view of a water-filled aquarium RSTU. An electric

lamp, surrounded by a shield with a narrow transparent slit, is immersed in one
corner of the aquarium at U. The light ray from the slit shines on the water
surface RS at an angle of 40o as shown in diagram 3.1.

R S
Water 40o

Aquarium

Light ray
DIAGRAM 3.1
U T
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 (a) What is meant by refractive index of a substance?

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(b) If the refractive index of water is 1.33, calculate the critical angle for a ray
traveling from water to air.

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(c) (i) Draw a Diagram of the light ray shown on diagram 3.1, meeting the
water surface RS, and show its path after meeting the surface.

[1 mark]

(ii) Calculate the angle that this new path makes with RS and label the
angle.

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[1 mark]

(c) The lamp is then placed outside underneath the aquarium with the light
striking to the bottom of the aquarium as shown in Diagram 3.2.
Draw the light ray on Diagram 3.2, after striking the aquarium.

[1 mark]

Aquarium R S
Water

T
U 40o

Light ray
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DIAGRAM 3.2

5. Diagram 7.1 shows two cars, P and Q , travelling in the opposite directions, passing through a
sharp band. A mirror is placed at X .

DIAGAM 7.1

(a) Diagram 7.2 shows an incomplete ray diagram when a plane mirror is placed at X.

DIAGRAM 7.2

(i) Complete the ray diagram in Diagram 7.2

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 (ii) State the light phenomenon involved in (a)(i).

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(iii) Based on your answer in (a)(i), state the problem experienced by the driver in
car P.
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(b) Diagram 7.3 shows an incomplete ray diagram when a curve mirror is placed at X to
replace the plane mirror in Diagram 7.2. The curve mirror is used to overcome the
problem that occur in (a)(iii).

DAGRAM 7.3
(i) Give the name of the curve mirror.

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(ii) Complete the ray diagram in Diagram 7.3
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(iii) Based on your answer in b(ii), how the curve mirror solved the problem in (a) (iii)?

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(c) The characteristics of the image formed by the curved mirror in Figure 7.3 is
diminished, virtual and upright.
(i) What happen to the characteristics of the image when the focal length of the curved
mirror is increased?
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(ii) Give the reason for your answer in (c)(i).
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6. Figure 4 shows a traveller driving a car on a hot day. The traveller sees a
puddle of water on the road a short distance ahead of him.

Puddle of water
Figure 4

a) Which part of the air is denser?

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b) Name a phenomena of light that always depends on the air density when
light travels from the sky to the earth before it reaches point X.

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c) i) What is the phenomenon occuring at point X

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ii) What is the puddle of water actually?

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d) Using the diagram above, explain how the traveller can see the puddle of
water on the road.
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e) Name one optical instrument that uses the phenomenon in (d)

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