6.2.2 - Refraction of Light
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Practice Questions
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What is refraction?
💡 Hint: Think of how light behaves when moving between air and water.
What does Snell's Law describe?
💡 Hint: Remember the formula involving angles and indices!
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What does Snell's Law relate?
💡 Hint: It involves the ratios of angles and their respective indices.
True or False: A light ray can cross into a rarer medium from a denser medium at any angle.
💡 Hint: Consider what's happening at that critical angle.
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A light beam from air hits a glass surface at a 60-degree angle. Calculate the angle of refraction. Assume the refractive index of air is 1.00 and glass is 1.50.
💡 Hint: Make sure to convert your values and solve step by step.
Explain why diamonds sparkle more than other gems using the principles of refraction and total internal reflection.
💡 Hint: Think of the angles of incidence and reflection that maximize sparkle!
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