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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?

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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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