End of Topic Test - Refraction

Physics: AQA A Level, topic 3.2.9

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  • Which of the following equations is the correct form of Snell's law?

  • The equation for the critical angle is sin⁡θc=n2n1\sin \theta_c = \frac{n_2}{n_1}. What is denoted by n2n_2?

  • Which of the following terms describes when some light is refracted and some light is reflected at a boundary?

  • What happens to the speed of light as it enters a less optically dense medium?

  • What is the size of the critical angle of an optical fibre?

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