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Mytest Coba Physics

The document discusses the refraction of light through a curved glass block. It explains that as light travels from air into glass, its direction does not change because the refractive index matches at the boundary. When the light hits the curved glass-air interface at an angle of 30 degrees, the angle in the air can be calculated using Snell's law and the refractive index of glass. As the angle increases from 30 to 90 degrees, more of the light will undergo total internal reflection and remain trapped in the glass.

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Mytest Coba Physics

The document discusses the refraction of light through a curved glass block. It explains that as light travels from air into glass, its direction does not change because the refractive index matches at the boundary. When the light hits the curved glass-air interface at an angle of 30 degrees, the angle in the air can be calculated using Snell's law and the refractive index of glass. As the angle increases from 30 to 90 degrees, more of the light will undergo total internal reflection and remain trapped in the glass.

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1 Coal-fired power stations provide electricity for homes and industry.

A government decides to replace a coal-fired power station with a hydroelectric power station.

Apart from cost, state two disadvantages of generating electricity using a hydroelectric power
station compared with using a coal-fired power station.

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2 Red light travelling in air strikes the curves surface of a semi-circular glass block at P.
The diagram shows the ray of light.

The light travels in a straight line from O to Q.

(a) Explain why the light does not change direction as it enters the glass block at P.

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(b) The light travels in the glass to Q where it strikes the edge of the block at 30° to the normal.
The light then emerges into the air.
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(i) The refractive index of the glass is 1.5.

Calculate the angle between the normal and the ray in the air after the light emerges
from the block at Q.

angle = ........................................... [3]

(ii) On the diagram, sketch the path of the light in the air after it emerges at Q. [1]

(c) The direction of the light striking the curved surface of the glass block is changed. The angle
between the ray and the normal at Q gradually increases from 30° to 90°.

Describe what happens to the light that strikes the block at Q as this angle increases.

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[Total: 8]

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