PHYS 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 28: Specular Reflection, Curved Mirror, Diffuse Reflection

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13 Nov 2016

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University of Virginia

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Physics

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PHYS 1010

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Neu Christopher

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The return of light rays from a surface. Light takes the path that requires the least time when it goes from one place to another. The angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence. This type of reflection is called specular reflection. Virtual image (reflection) is the same distance behind the mirror as the object is in front. Convex mirror = virtual image is smaller and closer. Concave mirror = virtual image is larger and farther away. Frequency of light does not change with reflection. When light is incident on a rough surface and is reflected in many directions. Things with more diffuse reflection are easier to see. When light bends as it passes from one medium to another. Light takes the fastest path, not always the shortest path. The more the angle of viewing varies from the perpendicular, the more pronounced the displacement of the light beam.

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1)A light ray is incident on a reflecting surface. If the light ray makes a 25° angle with respect to the normal to the surface, what is the exact angle (in degrees) made by the reflected ray relative to the normal?

2)The light ray that makes the angle θ1' is the refracted ray (true or false?)

3)True or False: The Law of Reflection can be used to show how an image appears behind a mirror and it can also be used to determine where the image will be located.

4) Snell's law is another name for the

law of dispersion

law of reflection

law of refraction

5) A light ray incident on a block of glass makes an incident angle of 50.0° with the normal to the surface. The refracted ray in the block makes a 26.8° with the normal. What is the index of refraction of the glass?

A light ray traveling from a higher index of refraction medium into a lower index of refraction medium (for example, from water into the air) would bend away from the normal to the medium surface. When the refracted ray is parallel to the boundary of the medium, θ2= 90°. The incident angle, θ1, becomes θc, called the

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1. A light ray is incident on a reflecting surface. If the light ray makes a 25° angle with respect to the normal to the surface, what is the exact angle (in degrees) made by the reflected ray relative to the normal?

2. The light ray that makes the angle θ₁' is the refracted ray (true or false?)

3. True or False: The Law of Reflection can be used to show how an image appears behind a mirror and it can also be used to determine where the image will be located.

4. Snell's law is another name for the

law of dispersion
law of reflection
law of refraction

5. A light ray incident on a block of glass makes an incident angle of 50.0° with the normal to the surface. The refracted ray in the block makes an 26.8° with the normal. What is the index of refraction of the glass?

6. A light ray traveling from a higher index of refraction medium into a lower index of refraction medium (for example, from water into air) would bend away from the normal to the medium surface. When the refracted ray is parallel to the boundary of the medium, θ₂= 90°. The incident angle, θ₁, becomes θ_c, called the

cauchy angle
critical angle
conjugate angle
classic angle

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25) A negative magnification for a mirror means that

A) the image is upright, and the mirror could be either concave or convex.

B) the image is inverted, and the mirror is concave.

C) the image is inverted, and the mirror could be either concave or convex.

D) the image is upright, and the mirror is convex

E) the image is inverted and the mirror is convex.

26) An object is placed in front of a thin lens, Which statements are correct in describing the image formed by the lens? (There could be more than one correct choice.)

A) If the lens is convex, the image must be real.

B) If the image is real, then it is also inverted.

C) If the image is real, then it is also upright.

D) If the lens is convex, the image will never be virtual.

E) If the lens is concave, the image must be virtual.

27) When a beam of light, originally travelling in air, enters a piece of glass having an index of refraction of 3/2, its frequency

A) is unaffected

B) is reduced to 2/3 its original value.

C) increased by a factor of 3/2.

28) The index of refraction of a type of glass is 1.50, and the index of refraction of water is 1.33. If the light enters water from the glass, the angle of refraction will be

A) equal to the angle of incidence.

B) less than the angle of incidence.

C) greater than the angle of incidence.

29) Which of the following terms describe lenses that are thinner at the center than the edges? (there could be more than one correct choice.)

A) concave lenses

B) converging lenses

C) diverging lenses

D) convex lenses

30) You may have seen ambulances on the street with the letters of the word AMBULANCE written on the front of them, in such a way to appear correctly when viewed in your car's rear-view mirror. (See the figure.) How do the letters appear when you look directly at the ambulance (not through the mirror)?

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