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Basic Physics: A Self-Teaching Guide

Karl F. Kuhn, Frank Noschese

Chapter 20

Reflection, Refraction, and Dispersion - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

02:58

Problem 1

What is the law of reflection?______

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Problem 2

What is the difference between diffuse and specular reflection? _____

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02:19

Problem 3

(a) What is the relationship between the size of the object and the image that is formed by a plane mirror?_____
(b) How does the distance from the object to a plane mirror compare to the distance between the image and the mirror?_______

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02:47

Problem 4

Suppose you find a figure such as the one here in a textbook. It represents light passing through a boundary between glass and air. The author, however, has forgotten to tell you on which side of the surface is the glass. Is the glass above or below the surface?______

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02:12

Problem 5

Suppose light travels from air into glass. Is its wavelength greater in the air or in the glass?_____

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01:59

Problem 6

What conditions are necessary in order for the phenomenon of total internal reflection to occur?_____

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02:38

Problem 7

What phenomenon causes us to be able to see the sun after it has set below the horizon?______

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03:13

Problem 8

Are mirages caused by reflection or refraction?______

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03:35

Problem 9

Blue light travels slower than yellow light in glass. Which of the two colors will be bent more by a glass prism?

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02:24

Problem 10

Although both reflection and refraction must be used in the explanation of the rainbow, which causes the dispersion?______

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01:47

Problem 11

Optional. Does light travel faster in crown glass or in flint glass? (Use the table in frame $11 .$ )______

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02:38

Problem 12

Optional. Suppose light traveling in water strikes the boundary with air at an angle of $25^{\circ}$ (with the normal). The index of refraction of water is $1.33$. At what angle does it travel in the air?_______

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02:39

Problem 13

Optional. Is the critical angle for diamond greater or smaller than that for glass? (Use the table in frame 11.)____

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01:44

Problem 14

Optional. What is the critical angle for a diamond-air boundary? (The index of refraction of diamond is $2.42 .$.______

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