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What is the cause of refraction of light? - Physics

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What is the cause of refraction of light?

Write the basic cause of refraction of light.

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When a ray of light passes from one medium to another, its direction (except for normal incidence) changes because of a change in the speed of light. Thus, refraction occurs because light travels with different speeds in different media.
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When rays of light are incident on a glass slab then the incident ray and emergent ray are _________ each other.

  1. perpendicular
  2. parallel
  3. opposite
  4. concurrent

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Draw the diagram given below and clearly show the path taken by the emergent ray.


What do you understand by the statement the refractive index of glass is 1.5 for white light? 


The diagram alongside shows the refraction of a ray of light from air to a liquid.

  1. Write the values of (i) angle of incidence, (ii) angle of refraction.
  2. Use Snell’s law to find the refractive index of liquid with respect to air.


What is meant by the statement the critical angle for diamond is 24°?


After tracing the path of rays of light through a glass slab for three different angles of incidence, a student measured the corresponding values angle of refraction r and angle of emergence e and recorded them in the table given below: 

S. No.

i

i

e

I

30°

20°

31°

II

40°

25°

40°

III

50°

31°

49°

The correct observations are:

(A) I and II

(B) II and III

(C) I and III

(D) I, II and III


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Can you guess the focal length of a plane mirror?

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A glass slab is placed in the path of convergent light. The point of convergence of light


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Which colour of white light travels fastest in any medium except air?


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