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Light

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Red light travelling in glass strikes a glass-air boundary. Some light is reflected and some is refracted. Which diagram correctly shows the reflection and refraction?

In the diagram, XY is a converging (convex) lens. Points labelled F are one focal length from the lens and points labelled 2F are two focal lengths from the lens. If an object is placed at O, at which point is the image of its base formed?

When a narrow beam of white light passes through a prism, it produces a spectrum. Which diagram correctly shows the refraction and dispersion produced by the prism?

The focal length of a thin converging lens is 10 cm. What is the maximum distance from the lens that the object can be placed so that the lens acts as a magnifying glass? A 5cm B 10 cm C 15 cm D 20 cm

The diagram shows a converging lens producing an upright, virtual image.

Which optical instrument uses this arrangement? A B C D 6 a camera a magnifying glass a photographic enlarger a projector

A ray of light passes through a rectangular glass block. It is refracted and totally internally reflected. Which diagram shows a possible path of this ray?

A person stands 2.0m in front of a plane mirror as shown.

How far from the person is her image? A 8 2.0m B 3.0 m C 3.5m D 4.0m

What happens to light as it passes from glass into air? A B C D Its frequency decreases because its speed decreases. Its frequency increases because its speed increases. Its wavelength decreases because its speed decreases. Its wavelength increases because its speed increases.

The diagram shows a ray of light from a small lamp striking a plane mirror.

The image of the lamp formed by the mirror is A B C D 10 at P and is real. at P and is virtual. at R and is real. at R and is virtual.

A ray of light is incident on one side of a rectangular glass block, so that the angle of refraction is 40 in the glass. Which diagram correctly shows a possible path of this ray? [The critical angle for glass is 42.]

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Which statement about the image formed by a converging lens is correct? A B C D It is always real and erect. It is always real and inverted. It is always virtual and erect. It may be either virtual or real.

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The diagram shows a patient having her eyes tested. A chart with letters on it is placed behind her and she sees the chart reflected in a plane mirror.

How far away from the patient does the chart seem to be? A 2m B 4m C 5m D 7m

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Which pair of quantities is not proportional? A B C D angle of incidence and angle of refraction for light entering a glass block current and potential difference for a resistor at constant temperature extension and load applied for a wire which obeys Hookes law speed and time for an object freely falling from rest through a vacuum

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A swimming pool is lit by a lamp in the bottom of the pool. The directions of three rays from the lamp are shown. Which of the marked angles is the critical angle for the light?

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Which type of image is produced by a converging lens on a screen? A B C D inverted and real inverted and virtual upright and real upright and virtual

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An object O is placed in front of a plane mirror. A person looks into the mirror as shown in the diagram. In which position is the image of O seen?

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For a certain parallel-sided glass block, the value of sin i/ sin r is 1.50. A ray of light passes through the block and emerges at an angle of 60 to the surface of the block.

What is the value of the angle marked X ? A 18 19.5 B 35 C 40 D 48.5

A lens forms a blurred image of an object on a screen.

How can the image be made sharp and in focus on the screen? A B C D 19 by moving the object away from the lens and screen by moving the screen away from the lens and object by using a brighter object at the same position by using a lens of longer focal length at the same position

A spectrum is formed when white light passes through a prism.

In which position are the colours green, red and yellow seen?

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A boy stands beside a girl in front of a large plane mirror. They are both the same distance from the mirror, as shown. Where does the boy see the girls image?

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A ray of light is incident on one side of a rectangular glass block. Its path is plotted through the block and out through another side. Which path is not possible?

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What is true for real images formed by a converging lens? A B C D They are inverted. They are on the same side of the lens as the object. They can never be shown on a screen. They cannot be seen by the human eye.

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A ray of red light enters a semi-circular glass block normal to the curved surface. Which of the following correctly shows the partial reflection and refraction of the ray?

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The diagram shows two divergent rays of light from an object O being reflected from a plane mirror. At which position will the image be formed?

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The human eye has a converging lens system that produces an image at the back of the eye. If the eye views a distant object, which type of image is produced? A B C D real, erect, same size real, inverted, diminished virtual, erect, diminished virtual, inverted, magnified

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An image is formed in a plane mirror.

Which statement must be correct?

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A ray of light enters a glass block at an angle of incidence i producing an angle of refraction r in the glass.

Several different values of i and r are measured, and a graph is drawn of sin i against sinr. Which graph is correct?

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A student starts to draw a ray diagram for an object at O, near a thin convex lens, but is not sure whether the image is formed at X or at F.

The correctly drawn image is A B C D 29 real and formed at F. real and formed at X. virtual and formed at F. virtual and formed at X.

Which diagram correctly shows the dispersion of white light by a glass prism?

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A pin is placed in front of, and to the right of, a plane mirror as shown. Where is the image of the pin?

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An object is placed in front of a diverging lens as shown on the scale diagram. The principal focus F is marked on each side of the lens. At which position will the image be formed?

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The diagram shows the spectrum produced when white light is dispersed by a glass prism.

What are the numbered visible colours?

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In which diagram is the path of the light ray not correct?

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Which characteristics describe an image formed in a plane mirror? A B C D real and inverted virtual and upright real and larger than the object virtual and smaller than the object

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The diagram shows an object O placed 3 cm away from a converging lens of focal length 6 cm.

What type of image is produced? A B C D 36 real, erect and diminished real, inverted and magnified virtual, erect and magnified virtual, inverted and diminished

Light rays are deviated by a prism.

The deviation angle d is measured for light rays of different frequency, including blue light and red light. Which graph is correct?

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Three students stand 2 m apart in front of a plane mirror which is 3 m long.

Student Y is standing opposite the mid-point of the mirror. How many students can see the images of the other two? A 38 0 B 1 C 2 D 3

The human eye has a converging lens system that produces an image at the back of the eye. An eye views a distant object. What type of image is produced? A B C D real, erect, same size real, inverted, diminished virtual, erect, diminished virtual, inverted, magnified

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The diagram shows a child using a periscope to look at an object on the other side of a wall.

Which diagram shows a correctly drawn ray of light from the object?

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The diagram shows a ray of light reflected from a plane mirror.

What is the angle of reflection? A 30 B 60 C 90 D 120

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