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Draw a ray diagram to show the appearance of a stick partially immersed in water. Explain your answer.
Important Questions on Refraction of Light at Plane Surfaces
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A fish is looking at a high plant at the edge of a pond. Will the plant appear to the fish shorter or taller than its actual height? Draw a ray diagram to support your answer.
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An object placed in one medium when seen from the other medium, appears to be vertically shifted. Name two factors on which the magnitude of shift depends and state how does it depend on them.
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A small air bubble in a glass block when seen from above appears to be raised because of:
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An object in a denser medium when viewed from a rarer medium appears to be raised. The shift is maximum for:
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A water pond appears to be deep. If the refractive index of water is , find the actual depth of the pond.
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A coin is placed at the bottom of a beaker containing water (refractive index ) to a depth of . By what height the coin appears to be raised when seen from vertically above?
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A postage stamp kept below a rectangular glass block of refractive index when viewed from vertically above it, appears to be raised by . Calculate the thickness of the glass block.
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Explain the term critical angle with the aid of a labelled diagram.
