Refraction and Snell's law
Grade 11 Science Worksheet - Challenge Me
Circle the best answer, or write your answer on the line.
Use n = 1.00 for air. What is the critical angle for light inside water (n = 1.333) meeting a surface with air, to 0.1°, Ari?
Use n = 1.00 for air. What is the critical angle for light inside diamond (n = 2.417) meeting a surface with air, to 0.1°, Bo?
A ray inside water hits the surface at 60° to the normal. Water's critical angle is 48.6°. What happens, Jun?
- It leaves into the air at 60° to the normal
- It stops at the surface
- All of it reflects back into the water
How does an optical fiber carry light around a gentle bend, Kira?
- Total internal reflection at its walls
- Light bends smoothly to follow the fiber's curve
- The fiber glows on its own
Diamond's critical angle is only 24.4°. How does that help a cut diamond sparkle, Luz?
- Light reflects many times inside before leaving
- Diamond makes its own light
- Light travels fastest in diamond
Milo says light entering water from air bends away from the normal. Agree or disagree?
- Agree: water pushes light away
- Agree: slower light bends away
- Disagree: it bends toward the normal
Noah says a ray entering diamond from air bends away from the normal because diamond is so hard. Agree or disagree?
- Agree: diamond speeds light up
- Disagree: it bends toward the normal
- Agree: hard materials push light away
A material has an index of exactly 1.00, like a vacuum. How would a ray from a vacuum bend entering it, Ren?
- Toward the normal
- Not at all
- Away from the normal
Rays from air enter water and diamond at the same angle. In which is the ray closer to the normal, Tala?
- They are the same
- Diamond
- Water
How does a material's critical angle change as its index gets bigger, Zee?
- It stays at 90°
- It gets smaller
- It gets bigger