Revision exercise: Light
Name: ____________________ Class: ________________
1. Name two luminous objects other than Sun.
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2. Is the Moon a luminous object or a non-luminous object? Explain your answer.
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3. Benjamin shines a light with an intensity of 100 lux on different materials. He measures
the reflected light intensity using a light meter.
(a) Which object is probably a mirror? Explain your answer.
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(b) Which object is a dark-coloured object? Explain your answer.
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4. (a) The speed of light is 300 000 km/s. How far does light travel in 10 seconds?
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(b) List these speeds in order from fastest to slowest:
A. The speed of light in glass B. The speed of light in water C. The speed of sound in air
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5. According to the diagram above, which of the following is angle of incidence and angle of
reflection?
angle of incidence: _________ angle of reflection: ____________
5. (a) The rays of light coming from a point source is reflecting in a plane mirror and entering
Yih Shyuan's eye. Yih Shyuan sees an image of the light source at a point behind the mirror.
On the diagram, draw lines to find the position where the image appears. Label the image I.
(b) Yih Shyuan moves further away from the mirror. How does this affect the position of the
image?
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6. Here are some diagrams showing reflection. Which pictures correctly show how light is
reflected from a mirror?
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7. The diagram shows an incident ray AO and the normal ON on a plane mirror.
(a) Draw the reflected ray.
(b) Measure the angle of incidence & angle of reflection.
angle of incidence = _________ angle of reflection = __________
8. The diagram shows two rays of light coming from a small fish in some water. The rays
enter a person's eye.
(a) The person sees an image of the fish under the water. On the diagram, draw
construction lines to find the position of the image. Label the image I.
(b) In some parts of the world, people catch fish using spears（茅）. When they see the
image of a fish in the water, where should they aim? Explain your answer.
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(c) What is the scientific name for light changing direction as it goes from water into air?
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9. A lamp in a large room is suspended below a plane mirror that is fixed to the ceiling.
Figure below is a scale diagram of the lamp and mirror. An image of the lamp is formed by
the mirror.
(a) On the figure, use the characteristics of the image formed by a plane mirror to find the
location of the image. Label the image I.
(b) Apart from the characteristics above, state another two characteristics of the image
formed by a plane mirror.
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10. Here is a diagram showing a ray of light hitting a glass pane in a window.
(a) Give the letters of two reflected rays. _________________________________________
(b) Give the letters of two refracted rays. _________________________________________
(c) The incident ray is brighter than ray A. Why?
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11. By drawing on Figure below, continue the ray PQ through and beyond the block. Mark
the angle of incidence at CD with the letter i and the angle of refraction at CD with the letter
r.
12. Figure below shows the results of an experiment to find the critical angle for light in a
rectangular glass block.
(a) Explain what is meant by the critical angle.
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(b) Measure the critical angle of the glass from the figure.
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(c) What happens to the speed of light when it travels from air to glass?
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13. The rays are directed towards the centre C of the semi-circular glass block but that no refraction
occurs as the rays enter the block. (a) At the angle shown in Fig. 4.1, no refracted ray emerges from
the block at C.
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P
(a) Determine the angle of reflection at C. _______________________________________________
(b) State the type of reflection occurring at C. _____________________________________________
(c) State a condition required for this type of reflection to occur.
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(d) Explain why there is no change of direction of ray PQ.
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14. Figure below shows white light incident at P on a glass prism. Only the refracted red ray
PQ is shown in the prism. On Figure below, draw the rays to complete the path of the red
ray and the whole path of the violet ray up to the point where they hit the screen. Label the
violet ray.
15. Jamila is in the front row watching an actor on a stage. She notices that the stage lights
change the appearance of the actor’s clothes. This is what she sees:
In red light his trousers look black and his shirt looks red.
In green light his trousers look green and his shirt look black.
In blue light his trousers look black and his shirt look blue.
(a) What colour are his trousers? ________________________________________________
(b) What colour are his shirt? ___________________________________________________
