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Practice Questions
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What is rectilinear propagation?
💡 Hint: Think about how beams of light appear in a dark room.
What happens when light passes through a prism?
💡 Hint: Recall the rainbow you saw from the prism.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What is the term used for light traveling in straight lines?
💡 Hint: Recall the experiments we did with the laser.
True or False: Dispersion is the separation of light into colors when it passes through a prism.
💡 Hint: Think about the rainbow effect.
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Challenge Problems
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Explain how the angle of incidence and angle of refraction are related when light passes from air into water. Calculate an example with specific angles.
💡 Hint: Remember to consider the indices of refraction.
Consider a situation where someone uses a laser pointer shining through water. How would the light's path change when moved from air to water? Explain what this demonstrates about refraction.
💡 Hint: Use an analogy of a car driving from smooth pavement onto a soft shoulder.
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