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ppt questions :
How are standing wave formations formed?
1. When the length of wire between the bridges of a sonometer is 20 cm, it resonates with a
frequency of 512 Hz. What is the velocity of transverse waves along the wire of the sonometer?
2. A thin wire one meter long, weighing 0.002 kg, is stretched by a weight of 9 kg. Find the velocity of
transverse waves set up on the wire when plucked. What is the frequency of the first harmonic
emitted by the wire? What is the frequency of the second harmonic?
3. A thin wire 80 cm long, having linear density 4 x 10-5 kg m-1 is stretched by a weight of 8 kg. Find
the velocity of transverse waves set up on the wire when plucked. What is the frequency of the
fundamental note emitted by the wire? What is the frequency of the third harmonic?
4. Why do some waves have more energy than others
5. How do waves transfer energy?

6. Two waves are traveling through a container of an inert gas. Wave A has an amplitude of 0.1 cm.
Wave B has an amplitude of 0.2 cm. The energy transported by wave B must be __________ the
energy transported by wave A.
a. one-fourth
b. one-half
c. two times larger than
d. four times larger than
7.
8. Find the location and characterize the orientation of an image created by a plane mirror.
9. Describe what happens when waves reflect off a boundary.

a) wavelength.
b) Frequency.
c) Wave speed.
10. Light is incident on a flat surface, making an
angle of 10o with that surface, as shown in the
figure to the right. (a) What is the angle of
incidence? (b) What is the angle of reflection? (c)
Sketch the path of the reflected beam on the
diagram.
11. A ray of light is reflected by two parallel mirrors (1)

and (2) at points A and B. The ray makes an angle of 25°
with the axis of the two mirrors.
a) What is the angle of reflection at the point of

incidence A?
b) What is the angle of reflection at the point of
incidence B?
c) If the distance between the two mirrors id d = 4 cm and the length L of the two-mirror system is 3
meters, approximately how many reflections take place between the two mirrors?
12. Find angle α made by the system of the two mirrors shown in the
figure below so that the incident ray at A and the reflected ray at B
are parallel.
13. What is Refraction of Light?
14. What are Rarer and Denser mediums?
15.
16. What is the constant value if the angle of incidence is 22° and the angle of refraction is given to
be 15°?
17. What is the value of the sine of the angle of incidence if the angle of refraction is given to be sin
35°? Given the value of refractive index 1.33.
18. Calculate the speed of light in diamond with respect to air. where refractive index of diamond n=
2.42, and speed of light in vacuum c = 3 × 108 m/s
19. A ray of light moving through air strikes the surface of an unknown transparent liquid at an
angle of 40-degree with respect to the normal. The ray is observed to refract at an angle of 26.1-
degree. Determine the index of refraction for and the speed of light in the unknown liquid.
20. Sunlight strikes the surface of a lake. The light strikes at an angle of 38.0-degree with respect to
the normal and refracts at an angle of 27.7-degree.Determine the index of refraction for and the
speed of light in water.
definitions :
1. reflection at a free boundary :
2. reflection at a fixed boundary :
3. Characteristics of the reflected pulses:
4. standing waves :
5. Standing Waves Harmonics :
5. The frequency of vibration of a string:
6. reflection :
7. law of reflection :
8. Characteristics of the image formed by a plane mirror :
9. regular/ specular reflection :
10. diffuse/irregular reflection :

11. refraction :
12. Normal :
13. Incident Ray :
14. Refracted Ray :
15. Angle of Incidence :
16. Angle of Refraction :
17. Laws of Refraction of Light:
18. snells law :
19. refractive index :
20. snells law (waves speed) :
21. snells law (refractice index) :

22. rarer medium :
23. denser medium :
24. refraction from denser to rarer medium :
25. refraction from rarer to denser medium :
26. Examples of Refraction of Light:
27. Applications of Refraction of Light

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ppt questions :

How are standing wave formations formed?

4. Why do some waves have more energy than others

5. How do waves transfer energy?

c. two times larger than

d. four times larger than

9. Describe what happens when waves reflect off a boundary.

11. A ray of light is reflected by two parallel mirrors (1)

a) What is the angle of reflection at the point of

14. What are Rarer and Denser mediums?

2. reflection at a fixed boundary :

3. Characteristics of the reflected pulses:

5. The frequency of vibration of a string:

8. Characteristics of the image formed by a plane mirror :

9. regular/ specular reflection :

10. diffuse/irregular reflection :

13. Incident Ray :

14. Refracted Ray :

15. Angle of Incidence :

16. Angle of Refraction :

17. Laws of Refraction of Light:

18. snells law :

19. refractive index :

20. snells law (waves speed) :

21. snells law (refractice index) :

23. denser medium :

24. refraction from denser to rarer medium :

25. refraction from rarer to denser medium :

26. Examples of Refraction of Light:

27. Applications of Refraction of Light

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