Physics Worksheet Reflection and Refraction Section: Name:
Reflection & Refraction
7. If differences in elevations of a surface are less than
1. Define Reflection:
______________________________ of the light that falls
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on it, that surface is considered polished.
________________________________________________ Whether a surface is a diffuse reflector depends on the
2. Define Refraction:
____________________________ of the waves it reflects.
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8. Reflection of Sound: __________________ is an example
of reflected sound.
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Fraction of sound energy reflected from a surface is more
Reflection
3. Reflection: when the surface is ___________________________, but
When the boundary is very rigid:
less when the surface is ___________________________.
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Non-reflected sound energy is ______________________.
When the boundary is less rigid:
9. Define Reverberation:
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
4. Law of Reflection
(1) ______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
(2) ______________________________________________
(3) ______________________________________________
(4) ______________________________________________
5. Mirrors:
The number of reflecting rays is _____________________
A balance of ________________ and ________________
and every one obeys the ___________________________. must be held into account while doing acoustic design.
_______________________ are created through reflection 10. Reflection example: Light is incident on a flat surface,
that can be seen by an observer but cannot be projected on making an angle of 10o with that surface.
(a) What are the angle of incidence and the angle of
a screen because _________________________________. reflection?
6. Define Diffuse Reflection:
(b) Sketch the path of the reflected beam on the diagram.
_______________________________________________
______________________________________________.
Draw a picture to compare a diffuse reflection and a
regular reflection:
(c) If the mirror rotate counter-clockwise 20o without
changing the light source, what are the new angle of
incidence and the new angle of reflection?
Regular Reflection Diffuse Reflection
Though these many different angles that incident light rays
encounter cause reflection in many directions, each ray
still obeys the ___________________________________,
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Physics Worksheet Reflection and Refraction Section: Name:
Refraction 15. During the day, the ground is warmer than the air, the
11. Define Wavefronts:
sound waves travels ____________ near the ground, so
_______________________________________________ the sound waves ________________________________.
______________________________________________. During the night, the ground is cooler than the air, the
12. At each point along a wavefront, wave is moving sound waves travels ____________ near the ground, so
_____________________to the wavefront. __________ the sound waves ________________________________.
can be used to represent the direction of motion of the
wave. 16. When light rays enter a medium in which their speed
Sketch a diagram to show the wavefronts of an incident decreases, rays __________________________________.
ray from air entering water and the wavefronts of the
refracted ray in water. Identify the angle of incident, the When light rays enter a medium in which their speed
angle of refraction, and the wavelength.
increases, rays __________________________________.
Normal
17. Sketch the path of the light ray passing from air to a
rectangular glass block at an angle and then back to the
air.
Air
Water
13. Waves travel faster in deep water than in shallow water.
If the water waves move toward the right, complete the
follow diagram. Show the incident ray, refracted ray, 18. Light paths are __________________________ for both
normal, wavelengths before/after the refraction, and the reflection and refraction.
wavefronts of the refracted water waves. 19. Law of refraction (Snell’s Law)
Define the refraction index (n) and write its formula:
Deep Water _______________________________________________
______________________________________________.
Draw a diagram and explain the law of refraction by
identifying the incident and refraction rays, incident and
refraction angles, the refraction indices, and speeds of
light.
Shallow Water
Compare the wavelengths and frequencies of the waves
before and after the refraction.
_______________________________________________
______________________________________________.
14. What is the refraction of sound? When will it happen?
Snell’s Law: ___________________________________.
_______________________________________________
n1
=
______________________________________________. n2
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Physics Worksheet Reflection and Refraction Section: Name:
20. Example: What’s the speed of light in diamond? Identify the colors of light after dispersion:
21. Example: A ray of light travels from air to corn oil. If the
ray of light in air makes an angle of 30.00 degrees to the
normal, (a) what is the angle of refraction in corn oil? (b)
What’s the speed of light in corn oil?
26. What are the conditions to see a rainbow?
_______________________________________________
______________________________________________.
27. How do raindrops make a rainbow— Identify the color
of light in the following diagram. Explain the process of
22. Example: A ray of light travels from air to water. If the color dispersion.
ray of light in water makes an angle of 10.00 degrees to
the normal, what is the angle of incidence in air? _______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
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23. Example: The speed of light in an unknown medium is
measured to be 2.206 x 108 m/s. (a) What is the index of _______________________________________________
refraction of the medium? (b) Does it match any of the
materials listed in your Reference Table? 28. How do raindrops make a rainbow— Identify the colors
of a rainbow in the following diagram. Explain why all the
rainbows have the same color arrangement.
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Atmospheric Refraction _______________________________________________
24. What is mirage:
_______________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_________________________________________________.
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Dispersion in a Prism
25. Light of frequencies closer to the __________________ _______________________________________________.
of electron oscillators in a medium travels more slowly in
the medium. Total Internal Reflection
Visible light of higher frequencies travels _____________ 29. At _________________________, a light ray is totally
than light of lower frequencies, as the natural frequency of reflected within a medium, and is called
most transparent materials in the ____________________ ______________________________________________.
part of the spectrum.
This type of reflections can reach _____________% of
Light of different frequencies travel at different ________ reflection.
in transparent materials, they will refract differently and
30. Optical fibers uses ______________________________
bend at different __________________. to transmit light.
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