Mr. Bosworth. Name______________________________. General Physics.
Period _____. Light and Refraction Worksheet. 1a. A beam of light is shined at an
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Mr. Bosworth General Physics Light and Refraction Worksheet 1a.
Name______________________________ Period _____
A beam of light is shined at an angle of 25.0° from the normal in air into a pane of glass (n = 1.5). Does the beam bend toward or away from the normal?
Answer_____________________ 1b.
What angle relative to the normal does the refracted beam bend?
Answer_____________________ 2a.
A beam of light is shined at an angle of 30.0° from the normal in an unknown material (n = 1.75) into air. Does the beam bend toward or away from the normal?
Answer_____________________ 2b.
What angle relative to the normal does the refracted beam bend?
Answer_____________________ 3.
Water has an index of refraction of 1.33. What is the speed of light in water?
Answer______________________ 4.
Diamond has an index of refraction of 2.42. What is the speed of light in diamond?
Answer______________________
5.
A beam of light is shined from air into a block of zircon at an angle of 45.0° from the normal. The refracted beam is measured to have an angle of 22.0°. What is the index of refraction of zircon?
Answer______________________ 6. A beam of light is shined through water (n = 1.33) into a block of Lucite (n = 1.51) at an angle of 33.0° relative to the normal. What is the refracted angle in the Lucite?
Answer______________________ 7.
If a beam of light is shined through a block of Lucite (n = 1.51) that is in air, what is the critical angle for Lucite?
Answer______________________ 8.
A block of flint glass (n = 1.63) is put in water (n = 1.33). What is the critical angle for the glass?
Answer______________________ 9.
Find the missing angle. The outside medium is air.
