This optics the study of light worksheet is suitable for 9th 12th grade. Optics the study of light worksheet for 9th 12th grade. Grades, attendance, calendar, and other useful school related resources are at. The most common lenses are circular with two faces, each being portion of a sphere. Optics basics student worksheet answer the following questions. A candle is placed 15 cm from the vertex of a concave mirror that has a focal length of 10 cm. Assumes that light is a stream of particles called photon.
Light is an electromagnetic disturbance, and as such is described using maxwells equations, which expresses the relationship between the electric. In this optics worksheet, learners read about refraction and reflection, lenses and mirrors, and objects and images. Longitudal waves are those in which the displacement of the mediumor eld is in the direction of the wave. If you are planning to go into a veterinary or medical field, you might be helping patients with eye problems. An object 3 centimeters high is placed 15 centimeters in front of the mirror. Geometric optics electricity and magnetism heat and thermodynamics physical optics max fairbairns planetary photometry integrals and differential equations. Students will learn about refraction, lenses, and mirrors. Thin lenses are those whose thickness is small compared to their radius of. Each chapter contains worked examples, and there are exercises to reinforce the readers understanding of material. The light ray in geometrical optics is an instrument which is used to approximate models of how the light will propagate. Nasa goddard photo and video, via flickr learning objectives 25. Morse code worksheet answers optics and anthony johnson. How changing the lens radius, index and diameter effects where the image appears and how it looks magnification, brightness and inversion.
When an object is placed in front of a plane mirror the image is. Purchase the geometrical optics workbook 1st edition. Optics notes topics in these notes are wave properties polarization focal lengths geometrical optics i. Like in mirrors, the lenses surfaces can be convex, concave or plane. A ray is a line that has an origin, but does not have an end. Students will be able to explain how a converging lens makes images. Optics 2 the subject of geometrical optics is the study of the behavior of light when the phenomena can be explained by ray tracing, where shadows are sharp and. Question an object is located on the optical axis and a distance of 8 cm from a thin conver ging lens having focal length 10 cm. The light source is now held in the air and illuminates the film at. In geometric optics, the following statements are true for real and virtual images. The cornea is a converging lens located at the outer surface of the eye with fixed focal length approximately equal to 2 cm.
A light ray from a source goes in a straight line through the air, but when it encounters a lens, prism, or mirror it bends or changes direction. Mir ror s and lenses click er questions question p1. Light and geometrical optics test 1 kaplan 3 passage i questions 16 figure 1 shows a simplified model of the eye that is based on the assumption that all of the refraction of entering light occurs at the cornea. General physics 2 geometric optics 16 sign conventions focal length positive for converging lenses negative for diverging lenses object distance positive if the object is on the side of the lens from which the light is coming this is usually the case otherwise, it is negative virtual object. The ray aspect of light list the ways by which light travels from a source to another location. This is because we observe the processes emission, reflection, scattering at a distance 10cms with bare eyes that are much longer than the wavelength of light 107. Geometrical optics is the treatment of the passage of light through lenses, prisms, etc. Geometrical optics will help you understand the basics of light reflection and refraction and the use of simple optical elements such as mirrors, prisms, lenses.
In the module to follow, you will learn about the otherphysical wave optics. Optics worksheets pdf physics 11 optics worksheet 2. Ap optics free response questions page 17 in one section of the pool, there is a thin film of oil on the surface of the water. In optics the definite integral is integral of the time required for the transit of the light ray from starting to finishing proper value of x that minimizes the optical path length and keeps it stationary at the vicinity. Ap optics free response questions page 2 1983 q5 the concave mirror shown above has a focal length of 20 centimeters. Watch how the image changes when you adjust the focal length of the lens, move the object, move the lens, or move the screen. A upright, magnified and real b upright, the same size and virtual c inverted, demagnified and real d inverted, magnified and virtual. Light rays tend to bend at the interface of two different medium where the refractive index changes. Nature of light, geometrical optics, optical instrumentation, dispersion, prisms, and aberrations, wave equations, em waves, polarization, fresnel equations, production of polarized light, superposition of waves interference of light, coherence, fraunhofer diffraction, fourier optics, characteristics. Light is an electromagnetic disturbance, and as such is described using maxwells equations, which.
Refer to the following information for the next nine questions. Prepared by the center for history of physics at aip 1 morse code worksheet answers. Geometric optics a level physics teaching resources. They answer matching questions about light rays, light behavior and types of lenses. Your first thought is probably, what do we care about mirrors on airplanes for. A standardsbased module created by the phet team specifically for use in secondary classrooms with the simulation geometric optics. Wave properties in general there are two types of waves. Field guide to geometrical optics 2004 greivenkamp. Continuing the a level physics revision series with geometric optics. For this light and optics worksheet, 11th graders fill in 7 blanks about the nature of light, draw 9 diagrams to illustrate reflection, refraction, lenses and color. Optics notes massachusetts institute of technology.
Find light and optics lesson plans and teaching resources. Includes lesson plan, stepbystep student directions, and a set of clicker questions with answers provided for use in formative assessment. A spherical concave mirror with a radius of curvature of 40. Morse code worksheet answers optics and anthony johnson date. Explain how an image is formed by a converging lens using ray diagrams. Ap physics geometric optics well start off our exploration of optics with the topic of mirrors. Pedrotti cord waco, texas optics is the cornerstone of photonics systems and applications. You can understand the operation of these instruments without knowing anything about newtons laws, kinetic and potential energy, electric or magnetic fields, or the particle and wave nature of matter. Light and optics c 1 r i t i 2 c a l o n v 3 i r t u a l l v i o p 4 r i s m s u s i r 5 e d i b b l l s 6 p 7 e c t r u m c 8 o n v 9 e x h o a o a 10 w 11 r 12 n c r e 14 s t t 15 m a e c u r o r p v f a u e n o l e r v m c u i l a e s 16 t r a i g h t e c h u n t d g i r 17 e f l e c t i o n h n across down 1. Optics describe the light propagation in terms of the light ray. If you capture sunlight in a mirror or lens you can feel the heat where the sunlight is reflectedrefracted as a real image but you cannot feel the heat where the sunlight is.
This book is the culmination of twentyfive years of teaching geometrical optics. Fermats principle leads to principle of reversibility. An ideal textbook for advanced undergraduate level courses in geometrical optics, this book will also interest those wanting to learn the concepts and theory of geometrical optics. This field guide derives from the treatment of geometrical optics that has evolved from both the undergraduate and graduate programs at the optical sciences center at the university of arizona. Geometrical optics definition of geometrical optics by. Camera obscura directions and worksheet lens lab lens ray diagram worksheet goal 16 practice test.
Archimedes and other ancient greek thinkers made original contributions but we mention here heron of alexandria c. Introduction to optics part i overview lecture space systems engineering presented by. If not, maybe you just want to know a little more about your own eyeglasses or contact lenses. Use the led lights and fiber optic cables to transmit messages among your groups. The material in this field guide to geometrical optics derives from the treatment of geometrical optics that has evolved as part of the academic programs at the optical sciences center at the university of arizona. Charting pendulum motion the line drawn is sinusoidal, and can be described by the equation x acos. How changing the lens effects where the image appears and how it looks trish loeblein lorado. Light can behave in many ways like a wave or a packet of photons which travel in a straight line exhibiting the property of rectilinear propagation. The type of mirror you are most familiar with is called a plane mirror. Geometrical optics definition is a branch of optics that deals with those phenomena of reflection and refraction that can be mathematically deduced from simple empirical laws. In this module, you will learn about one of the two main divisions of basic opticsgeometrical ray optics. Concept questions for physics using phet inquiry based algebrabased physics semester one lessons, clicker questions, and schedule in pdf inquiry based. Optics physical optics wave optics quantum optics geometrical optics.
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