Question

When a light ray strikes a curved surface and refracts, the amount of bending depends on:

Options

• The refractive indices of the two media

• The temperature of the surface

• The colour of the object only

• The intensity of the incident light

Answer 1

In the stepwise process of refraction at a spherical surface, when the ray strikes the curved surface and refracts, the bending depends on the refractive indices of the two media. The subsequent meeting of refracted rays determines the image position.