AP Physics 2 Geometric Optics — practice questions
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Practice AP Physics 2 Geometric Optics in the app →Which law applies to situations in which light bounces off matter?Which law applies to situations in which light passes through matter?Refraction of light travelling from one transparent medium to another can be used to form:At a non-normal incident angle, the light ray bends closer to the perpendicular in which substance?A lens in which parallel rays cross at a single point on the opposite side is called a:The concave lens is described as a diverging lens because it causes light rays to:The critical angle is defined as the incident angle producing an angle of refraction of:If the incident angle is greater than the critical angle, all of the light is:Light being entirely reflected back into the first medium is a condition called:An image that can be projected on a screen is described as a:The image distance is taken to be positive for which kind of image?The image distance is taken to be negative for which kind of image?Determining the index of refraction requires knowing the speed of light in the:Light entering glass from air bends toward the perpendicular, which shows that glass is optically:An optical fibre keeps light inside by arranging for the incident angle to be:A lens forming an image that cannot be caught on a screen has an image distance that is:A convex lens and a concave lens differ in that the convex lens makes parallel rays:Reflection and refraction are distinguished by whether light bounces off matter or: