Beaconhouse School System

PHYSICS WORKSHEET
NAME: _______________________ DATE: _________________
Topic: Light
1. Choose the correct answer.
i. A student draws a diagram to show the directions of a light ray reflecting off a plane mirror.
(0625_s23_qp_11)

What are the correct terms for the lines drawn?

C
ii. An object O is placed at point P near to a thin converging lens. The diagram shows three rays from
the top of O passing through the lens. Each point F is one focal length from the centre of the lens.
Each point 2F is two focal lengths from the centre of the lens. (0625_s23_qp_11)

The object O is moved to point Q on the diagram.

Which type of image is produced when the object O is at point Q?
A. inverted and the same size as the object C. upright and the same size as the object
B. inverted and enlarged D. upright and enlarged
iii. A light ray strikes a plane mirror and is reflected. (0625_s23_qp_12)
Which angle is always equal in size to the angle of reflection?
A. the angle between the incident ray and the mirror
B. the angle between the incident ray and the normal to the mirror
C. the angle between the reflected ray and the mirror
D. the angle between the reflected ray and the incident ray

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iv. Which diagram shows the dispersion of white light by a glass prism? (0625_s23_qp_11)

B
v. The diagram shows two diverging rays of light passing through a lens and emerging parallel to each
other. Which labelled distance is the focal length of the lens? (0625_s23_qp_12)

B
vi. A beam of light consists of yellow and blue light. (0625_s23_qp_12)
The beam of light is incident on a glass prism.
Which diagram is correct?

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vii. The optical image formed by a plane mirror is the same size as the object. (0625_s23_qp_13)
Which row describes the other characteristics of the optical image formed?

A
viii. The diagram shows a partly completed scale drawing of an upright object placed 3 cm in front of a
thin converging lens of focal length 2 cm. (0625_s23_qp_13)

What is the nature of the image formed by this lens?

A. diminished, inverted and closer to the lens than the object
B. diminished, upright and further from the lens than the object
C. enlarged, inverted and closer to the lens than the object
D. enlarged, inverted and further from the lens than the object
ix. The diagram shows a ray of light entering a glass block. (0625_s23_qp_21)

Which calculation gives the refractive index of the glass?

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x. A narrow beam of white light passes through a prism and is dispersed into a spectrum.
(0625_s23_qp_13)

Which row is correct?

C
xi. Which statement describes monochromatic light? (0625_s23_qp_22)
A. light of a single frequency C. visible light
B. light transmitted by a transparent prism D. white light
xii. Each point F is one focal length from the centre of the lens. Each point 2F is two focal lengths from
the centre of the lens. (0625_s23_qp_23)
Which diagram shows a converging lens being used as a magnifying glass?

D
xiii. The speed of light in air is 3.0  10 m / s.
8
(0625_s22_qp_21)
The critical angle for light in a transparent plastic material placed in air is 37.
What is the speed of light in the plastic material?
A. 1.8  108 m / s C. 3.8  108 m / s
B. 2.4  108 m / s D. 5.0  108 m / s

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xiv. A monochromatic ray of green light in air enters a block of glass. (0625_s23_qp_23)
Which property of the ray of light always remains the same as it moves from air to glass?
A. wavelength B. speed C. frequency D. direction
xv. A card is placed in front of a plane mirror so that its label is facing the mirror, as shown.
(0625_s22_qp_11)

The label is shown.

How does the image of the label formed by the mirror appear to the observer?

C
xvi. An object is placed in front of a converging lens. The lens has a focal length f. (0625_s22_qp_11)
In which labelled position should the object be placed in order to produce a real image that is smaller
than the object?

A
xvii. A student uses one eye to look at images in a plane mirror. (0625_s22_qp_12)

Objects are placed on the line XY.

Which objects give rise to images that can be seen by the eye at E?
A. P, Q, R, S, T and U C. P and U only
B. Q, R, S and T only D. R and S only

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xviii. A ray of light passes from air through a sheet of glass and out the other side, as shown.

Which two angles are equal to each other? (0625_s22_qp_13)

A. angle of incidence at boundary 1 and angle of incidence at boundary 2
B. angle of incidence at boundary 1 and angle of refraction at boundary 1
C. angle of incidence at boundary 1 and angle of refraction at boundary 2
D. angle of refraction at boundary 1 and angle of refraction at boundary 2
xix. A thin converging lens can produce both real and virtual images. Which row describes a real and a
virtual image? (0625_s22_qp_21)

B
xx. An object is placed in front of a converging lens of focal length 15 cm. (0625_s22_qp_22)
Which row describes the image of the object?

D
xxi. The diagram shows a narrow beam of light incident on a glass-air boundary. Some of the light
emerges along the surface of the glass and some is reflected back into the glass.
(0625_s21_qp_11)

Which row is correct?

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xxii. An object is placed in front of a thin converging lens. (0625_s21_qp_11)
The diagram shows the paths of two rays from the top of the object.

An image of the object is formed on a screen to the right of the lens.

How does this image compare with the object?
A. It is larger and inverted. C. It is smaller and inverted.
B. It is larger and the same way up. D. It is smaller and the same way up.
xxiii. The diagram shows a ray of light striking a plane mirror. (0625_s21_qp_13)
Through which point does the reflected ray pass?

Answer B

xxiv. Light waves pass through a gap. The diagrams show two possibilities for what occurs.

Which row is correct? (0625_s21_qp_13)

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xxv. A plane mirror is fixed to a vertical wall. (0625_s22_qp_23)
A boy looks at the image of himself in the mirror.
Which statement describes the image formed?
A. real and upright C. virtual and upright
B. real and upside down D. virtual and upside down
xxvi. Which statement about the image of an object formed in a plane mirror is correct?
(0625_s21_qp_12)
A. It is smaller than the object. C. It is larger than the object.
B. It is the same size as the object. D. It is inverted.
xxvii. Light travelling at a speed of 3.0  108 m / s strikes the surface of a glass block and undergoes
refraction as it enters the block. (0625_s21_qp_21)
The diagram shows a ray of this light before and after it enters the block.

What is the speed of light in the glass?

A. 1.8  108 m / s C. 4.5  108 m / s
B. 2.0  108 m / s D. 5.0  108 m / s
xxviii. The diagram shows a ray of light incident on the surface of a glass block. (0625_s20_qp_12)

The ray of light is partially reflected back into the air and partially refracted into the glass block.
Which row correctly identifies the angle of reflection and the angle of refraction?

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xxix. The diagram shows a beam of light travelling through glass and meeting a glass-air interface.

Which row correctly describes what is happening at the glass-air interface? (0625_s20_qp_11)

A
xxx. The diagram shows a ray of light incident on a plane mirror. (0625_s20_qp_13)

The angle between the ray and the mirror is 35°.

The ray is reflected by the mirror.
What is the angle of reflection?
A. 35° B. 55° C. 70° D. 110°
xxxi. A beam of white light is split into a spectrum of seven colours. (0625_s20_qp_13)
Which name is given to this process?
A. diffraction B. dispersion C. reflection D. refraction
xxxii. Which statement is correct? (0625_s20_qp_21)
A. The speed of light in glass is equal to the speed of light in a vacuum multiplied by the refractive
index of glass.
B. The incident angle of a light ray at an air-glass surface is the angle between the ray and the glass
surface.
C. The sine of the critical angle at an air-glass surface is equal to .
D. The angle of refraction for light passing through an air-glass surface is proportional to the angle of
incidence at that surface.

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2. Fig. 6.1 shows light waves passing from air into a glass block. (0625_s23_qp_32)

(a) (i) State the name of the process shown in Fig. 6.1 as the wavefronts enter the glass block.

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(ii) State two changes in the light waves as they pass from air into glass.

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(b) Fig. 6.2 shows a ray of red light travelling through a glass fibre. The glass fibre is made of solid glass.

State and explain how the ray of red light travels through the glass fibre as shown in Fig. 6.2.

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[Total: 6]

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3. (a) Students are investigating the refraction of light as it travels from air into glass. (0625_s23_qp_33)
Their task is to measure the angle of incidence and the angle of refraction at the surface of the glass
block.
The students have the equipment shown in Fig. 7.1.

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 (b) Fig. 7.2 and Fig. 7.3 show two identical lenses, each forming an image. The images I1 and I2 have

different characteristics.

One difference in the characteristics of the two images is:

Image I1 is diminished but image I2 is enlarged.

State two more differences in the characteristics of the images:

Image I1 is ...................................................... but image I2 is ............................................................... .

Image I1 is ...................................................... but image I2 is .......................................................... . [3]

[Total: 7]
4. Fig. 5.1 shows a block ABCD made of glass that has a refractive index of 1.5. The block has one curved
side AB and three straight sides, BC, CD and DA. (0625_s23_qp_41)

There are right angles at C and D. The curved side AB is one quarter of the circumference of a circle that
has its centre at point P.
A ray of monochromatic light enters the block through the curved side AB and strikes side BC at P.
Some light emerges into the air and some is reflected.

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(a) State what is meant by monochromatic.

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(b) Explain why the ray of light does not change direction when it enters the block through side AB.

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(c) Show that the critical angle c for glass of refractive index 1.5 is 42°.

[2]
(d) Fig. 5.1 shows that the angle between the ray of light and line AP is θ, where line AP is at right angles
to side BC.
Angle θ increases to 45°.
(i) State and explain what happens to the light that strikes P.

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(ii) When θ = 45°, the reflected light strikes side CD.

Describe what happens when this reflected light strikes side CD.

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[Total: 8]

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Prepared By: M. Kamran, Beaconhouse School System Boys, BMI-B, H-8/4, Islamabad