Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
2010
2/11/2010
OPTICS PRACTICE
PROBLEMS
OPTICS REVIEW PROBLEMS
The absolute index of refraction of the material is
1 When a light wave enters a new medium and is approximately
refracted, there must be a change in the light wave’s (1) 0.75 (3) 2.3
(1) color (3) period (2) 1.3 (4) 4.0
(2) frequency (4) speed
11 The diagram below shows a ray of light passing
2 The speed of light in a piece of plastic is 2.00 from medium X into air.
×108 meters per second. What is the absolute index
of refraction of this plastic?
(1) 1.00 (3) 1.33
(2) 0.670 (4) 1.501
5 The speed of a ray of light traveling through a 12 What occurs when light passes from water into
substance having an absolute index of refraction of flint glass?
1.1 is (1) Its speed decreases, its wavelength becomes
(1) 1.1 ×108 m/s (3) 3.0 ×108 m/s shorter, and its frequency remains the same.
(2) 2.7 ×10 m/s
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(4) 3.3 ×108 m/s (2) Its speed decreases, its wavelength becomes
shorter, and its frequency increases.
6 Which quantity is equivalent to the product of the (3) Its speed increases, its wavelength becomes
absolute index of refraction of water and the speed longer, and its frequency remains the same.
of light in water? (4) Its speed increases, its wavelength becomes
(1) wavelength of light in a vacuum longer, and its frequency decreases.
(2) frequency of light in water
(3) sine of the angle of incidence 13 The diagram below shows straight wave fronts
(4) speed of light in a vacuum passing through an opening in a barrier.
9 A beam of light travels through medium X with a This wave phenomenon is called
speed of 1.80 ×108 meters per second. (1) reflection (3) polarizaton
Calculate the absolute index of refraction of (2) refraction (4) diffraction
medium X. [Show all work, including the equation
and substitution with units.] 14 The speed of light in a material is 2.50 ×108
meters per second. What is the absolute index of
10 The speed of light (f = 5.09 ×1014 Hz) in a refraction of the material?
transparent material is 0.75 times its speed in air. (1) 1.20 (3) 7.50
(2) 2.50 (4) 0.833
incidence of 30°. What is the angle of refraction for
15 The diagram below shows parallel rays of light the light ray in the sodium chloride?
incident on an irregular surface. (1) 19° (3) 40°
(2) 25° (4) 49°
20 The speed of light in a piece of plastic is 2.00 27 A ray of monochromatic light (f = 5.09 ×1014
×108 meters per second. What is the absolute index hertz) in air is incident at an angle of 30° on a
of refraction of this plastic? boundary with corn oil. What is the angle of
(1) 1.00 (3) 1.33 refraction, to the nearest degree, for this light ray in
(2) 0.670 (4) 1.50 the corn oil?
(1) 6° (3) 30°
21 A ray of light (f = 5.09 ×1014 Hz) traveling in air (2) 20° (4) 47°
strikes a block of sodium chloride at an angle of
28 Which ray diagram best represents the X at an angle of incidence of 55°, as shown. The
phenomenon of refraction? absolute index of refraction of material X is 1.66.
ANALYTICAL PROBLEMS
A. Base your answers to questions 1 and 2 on the
information below.
A ray of monochromatic light (f = 5.09 × 1014 Hz)
passes from air into Lucite at an angle of incidence
of 30.˚.