PHYSICS FORM 4

Chapter 5: Light

Mr Syafiq Hamat

Contents
5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Understanding Reflection of Light Understanding Refraction of Light Understanding Total Internal Reflection Understanding Lenses

5.1 Understanding Reflection of Light

 The nature of light:

Energy Straight lines Vacuum Electromagnetic waves

Reflection of Light on a Plane Mirror

Incident ray Reflected ray Normal Angle of Incident Angle of reflection

Laws of Reflection
All lie in the same plane Angle (i) = Angle (r)

Reflection
Angle of incidence = Angle of reflection
Normal

Incident ray
Angle of incidence Angle of reflection

Reflected ray

Mirror

Law of Reflection
Angle of incidence normal Angle of reflection

Can you copy please?

mirror

angle of incidence = angle of reflection

Image Formed by a Plane Mirror

Draw ray diagram For a plane mirror, the characteristics;
Upright Same size Equal distance Inverted Virtual

Curved Mirror
Curved reflective surface Convex mirror Concave mirror

Terms
Centre of curvature Pole of mirror Principal axis Radius of curvature Principal focus Focal length Aperture Object distance

Understanding Light Refraction

Bending of light ray between two different medium

Refractive Index
Snells Law
n = sin i/sin r

Real depth and Apparent depth

n = Real depth D/ Apparent depth d

Understanding Total Internal Reflection

Complete reflection of light Critical angle Total internal reflection Two conditions
Light travel from denser medium into less dense Angle of incident greater than the critical angle