REFRACTION AND LENS TEST

NAME__________________
HONORS PHYSICS
CALIGIURI
SHOW ALL WORK FOR FILL-IN PROBLEMS:
________1) Which diagram below could be used to produce a real, enlarged image of
object O?
a)

c)

b)

d)

________2) Which phenomenon of light accounts for the formation of images by a lens?
a) dispersion
b) polarization
c) reflection
d) refraction
________3) A convex lens can form images that are
a) inverted, only
c) real, only
b) virtual, only
d) either real or virtual
4) An object is placed 0.40 meter in front of a convex lens whose focal length is
0.30meter. What is the image distance?

________5) The same frequency of monochromatic light is incident from air upon four
lenses having the same curvature, but made of different materials. Which
lens has the shortest focal length?
a) flint glass
b) fused quartz
c) Lucite
d) crown glass

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________6) As a ray of monochromatic light enters a block of flint glass from air, its
speed
a) increases
b) decreases
c) remains the same
________7) As a ray of monochromatic light enters a block of flint glass from air, its
frequency
a) increases
b) decreases
c) remains the same
________8) Which optical medium would have the smallest critical angle (C) in the
situation shown below?
a) Lucite
b) diamond
c) water
d) Zircon
normal
air
Optical
medium
m

________9) What happens when light passes from water into flint glass?
a) Its speed increases, its wavelength becomes larger, and its frequency
remains the same.
b) Its speed increases, its wavelength becomes larger, and its frequency
decreases.
c) Its speed decreases, its wavelength becomes smaller, and its frequency
increases.
d) Its speed decreases, its wavelength becomes smaller, and its frequency
remains the same.
________10) Compared to the speed of violet light in air, the speed of violet light in
Lucite is
a) the same
b) greater
c) less
________11) If the speed of light in a medium is 2.0 x 108 m/s, the index of refraction for
the medium is
a) 0.67
b) 1.0
c) 2.0
d) 1.5

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normal

X
air
medium

12) In the diagram above, a ray of light enters a transparent medium from air. If angle X
is 450 and angle Y is 300, what is the absolute index of refraction of the medium?

________13) Which of the following lenses is diverging?

a)
b)
c)

d)

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14) In the diagram below, a ray of light in air enters a block of flint glass at an angle of
600 relative to the normal. Draw this ray, the refracted ray in the glass block, and the
ray of light as it exits the glass block. Be accurate!
normal

flint glass

________15) Which optical device shown below should be placed in the box indicated
by the dotted lines in the diagram below to cause the parallel light rays to
converge?
a)
b)
c)
d)

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16) In the diagram below, an object (the arrow) is at a given distance from the lens.
Carefully draw the ray diagram to clearly show where the image formed.

2f

2f

________17) The image shown above in problem #16 is

a) real and smaller than the object.
c) virtual and smaller than the object.
b) real and larger than the object.
d) virtual and larger than the object.
________18) If the object in problem #16 is moved closer to 2f, the size of the image will
a) increase
b) decrease
c) remain the same
________19) The phenomenon shown below is best described as
a) reflection
c) dispersion
b) polarization
d) diffraction
Polychromatic light

________20) A ray of light enters a lens. Which color of light would have the shortest
focal length?
a) Blue
b) Red
c) Green
d) Orange

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