English

Is Dispersion Same as Deviation? - Physics

Advertisements
Advertisements

Question

Is dispersion same as deviation?
One Line Answer
Advertisements

Solution

No, dispersion is not same as deviation.
 
shaalaa.com
  Is there an error in this question or solution?
Chapter 2: Light - Exercise 2.1 i [Page 88]

APPEARS IN

Frank Physics - Part 2 [English] Class 10 ICSE
Chapter 2 Light
Exercise 2.1 i | Q 17 | Page 88

RELATED QUESTIONS

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


 How can you bend light away from the normal?


With the help of diagram of the principal section of a prism, indicate its refracting surfaces, refracting edge and base. 


Select from the following the best experimental set-up for tracing the path of a ray of light through a glass slab:
(A) I

(B) II

(C) III

(D) IV


Four students A, B, C and D traced the paths of incident ray and the emergent ray by fixing pins P and Q for incident ray and pins R and S for emergent ray for a ray of light passing through a glass slab.

The correct emergent ray was traced by the student: 

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D


State two uses of a total reflecting prism as a reflector in place of a plane mirror.

In the fig., PO is a ray of light incident on a rectangular glass block.
(a)   Complete the path of the ray through the block.
(b)  In the diagram, mark the angle of incidence (i) and the angle of refraction (r) at the first interface. How is the refractive index of glass related to the angles I and r?
(c)  Mark angle of emergence by the letter e. How are the angles i and e related?
(d)  Which two rays are parallel to each other? Name them.
(e)  Indicate in the diagram the lateral displacement between the emergent ray and the incident ray.


A fish swimming in a pond seems nearer than it really is. Explain.


You are provided with a printed piece of paper. Using this paper how will you differentiate between a convex lens and a concave lens?


A ray of light PQ is incident normally on the hypotenuse of a right-angled prism ABC as shown in the diagram given below:

(i) Copy the diagram and complete the path of the ray PQ till it emerges from the prism.
(ii) What is the value of the angle of deviation of the ray?
(iii) Name an instrument where this action of the prism is used.


Share
Notifications

Englishहिंदीमराठी


      Forgot password?
Use app×