Indicators:

1. Recognise that light travels in a straight line, forming shadows

when blocked
2. Using the ray model of light, predict the characteristics of an image
formed by a plane mirror
3. Show an understanding that the change in the speed of light
travelling in different media causes refraction
4. Describe some effects of refraction
5. Describe the dispersion of white light by a prism using the ray
model of light

Name : ___________________________
Class / Number : ____________/______________
Date : ___________________________

Instructions:
 Answer all questions in the spaces provided on the question paper.
 Total score = 40
A. Cross the correct answer. Mark = /15
1. A light ray from the lighted lamp is incident on a plane mirror as shown.

Which of the following is/are correct?

(1) The image is formed at P and is virtual
(2) The image is formed at Q and is upright
(3) The light ray at Q appears to come from point P
A. (1) only B. (2) only C. (1) and (3) only D. (1) and (2) only
2. A ray of light passes from medium X into medium Y. If the refracted ray of light in medium Y bends
away from the normal. What does it mean?
A. Medium X is optically denser than medium Y
B. Medium X is optically less dense than medium Y
C. Medium X and medium Y are of equal optical density
D. Medium X is vacuum
3. Two different lights, blue and yellow, are mixed as shown.

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 What are the colours at regions W, X and Y?
W X Y
A. blue green yellow
B. yellow white blue
C. blue white yellow
D. yellow black blue

4. Which of the following correctly describes the relationship of angles P and Q?

A. Angle P is larger than angle Q C. Angle P is equal to angle Q

B. Angle P is smaller than angle Q D. Sum of angle P and angle Q is 90o
5. The diagram shows a light ray reflected off a plane mirror.

Which of the following statements is true?

A. Angle t is always smaller than angle u C. Angle u is always equal to angle v
B. Angle s is always equal to angle v D. Angle v is always bigger than angle t
6. Two beams of coloured light, Z and green were mixed as shown.

What could the coloured light Z be?

A. blue B. red C. magenta D. yellow
7. A boy stands beside a girl in front of large plane mirror. They are both of the same distance from
mirror. Where does the boy see the girl’s image?

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 8. The diagram below shows the path of light as it passes through 3 different types of materials. Which
of the following can be inferred from the diagram?

A. Material A is optically denser than material B

B. Material B is optically denser than material C
C. Material C is optically denser than material B
D. Material B and material C have the same optical density
9. Russell asks Carl a question as shown in the diagram below.

How should Carl answer him?

A. It’s because light always tries not to move in a straight line
B. It’s because light changes its speed when it enters the glass
C. It’s because light always chooses the shortest path
D. It’s because light gains energy when it enters the glass
10. The diagram shows a ray of light striking a plane mirror.

What must the angle of incidence be if the total angle

between the incident and reflected ray is 80o?
A. 40O B. 50O C. 80O D. 100O
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 11. Spongebob shines a ray of light into a block of glass and the path of light in the glass is shown
below.

Where should Patrick

stand so that the emergent ray of light will shine onto him?
12. The diagram shows a ray of light entering a glass prism.

What is the colour of the light at X and Y respectively?

Colour at X Colour at Y
A. red red
B. red violet
C. violet red
D. violet violet

13. What type of mirror is used in a dental instrument?

A. Concave mirror B. Convex mirror C. plane mirror D. shiny mirror
14. The figure below shows a ray of light from a small lamp striking a plane mirror.

Which statement about the image formed by

the mirror is correct?
A. The image is at P and it is real C. The image is at R and it is real
B. The image is at P and it is virtual D. The image is at R and it is virtual
15. Which of the following statements is false?

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 A. AB is parallel to CD
B. AB and BC line on the same plane
C. If AB can be shifted to a different angle, AB, BC, and CD can form a straight line
D. The path taken by the light ray remains the same if the object is placed by a block of wood

B. Follow the instructions! Mark = /25

16. Describe how light is affected by and give one example of each. [6 points]
(a) A transparent object.
(b) An opaque object.
(c) A translucent object.
17. Two light rays pass into a glass block as shown. Complete the paths of the rays as they pass through
and out of the glass block. [2 points]

18. In an experiment to observe the refraction of light in glass, a student shone a ray of red light on a
thick rectangular glass block as shown in figure below. He marked, on a sheet of white paper placed
underneath the block. The path of the incident ray and emergent ray.

(a) Complete figure above to

show the normal for the incident ray on side MN and the path of the refracted ray. [2 points]
(b) (i) on figure above indicate the angle of incidence with letter d and the angle of refraction with
white letter f. [2 points]
(ii) measure and record the values of the angles. [2 points]
d = _____________
f = _____________

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 19. The diagram below shows a ray of light from the sun incident on a glass window surface. [1 point]
(a) State the angle of incidence!

20. (a) What is refraction of light? Why does it occur? [1 point]

(b) The diagram below shows a ray of white light entering a prism. Draw all the spectrum colors.

(i) Explain clearly what happens to the ray of

light as it enters and leaves the prism. [ 2points]
21. The figure below shows a light ray from a lit light bulb hitting the surface of a plane mirror. Consider
the light ray as coming from the point on the lit light bulb.

(a) The light ray bounces off the surface of the plane mirror. What is the name for this change in the
direction of the light ray? [1 point]
(b) On the diagram, [3 points]
(i) Mark accurately, with a dot and letter B, the position of the image of the bulb
(ii) Show the path of the light ray after it bounces off the surface of the plane mirror
(iii) Mark and write the angle of reflection
(c) State one characteristic of the image formed. [1 point]

(d) A student traced the path of a light ray through a glass block. The angles that the student
measured are shown in the figure below.

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 (i) Calculate the angle of incident and the angle of refraction as the light enters the glass
block. [2 points]
Angle of incidence =
Angle of refraction =

Total Mark = /40

***Good Luck***

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