SNC2D: Chapter 11 and 12 Test Topics
Section 11.1 – What is Light?
What is light?
Visible light
Electromagnetic spectrum (Figure 5)
Uses of electromagnetic waves (Table 1)
Visible spectrum
Section 11.2 – How is Light Produced?
luminous
vs
non-luminous
Light from Incandescence
Light from Electric Discharge, Phosphorescence, Fluorescence, Chemiluminescence, Bioluminescence, Triboluminescence, a
Light-Emitting Diode (LED)
Section 11.3 – The Laser – A Special Type of Light
Figure 1
Section 11.4 – The Ray Model of Light
Light ray
Transparent, translucent, opaque
Flat (plane) mirrors
The Terminology of Reflection (Figure 6)
Section 11.6 – The Laws of Reflection
Laws of Reflection (Figure 1)
Specular vs diffuse reflection
Section 11.7 – Images in Plane Mirrors
Using light rays to locate an image
The acronym SALT (Figure 11)
Section 11.9 – Images in Curved Mirrors
Terminology of Concave Mirrors (Figures 1 – 3, 5 – 10, 12)
Locating Images in Concave (Converging) Mirrors
Images in Converging Mirrors
Locating Images in Convex (Diverging) Mirrors Images in Diverging Mirrors
Section 12.1 – What is Refraction?
What Causes Refraction?
Speed of Light
The Rules for Refraction
Partial Reflection and Refraction
Section 12.4 – The Index of Refraction
Index of Refraction
Calculating the Index of Refraction (Sample Problem 1)
Calculating the Speed of Light (Sample Problem 2)
Section 12.5 – Total Internal Reflection
Total internal reflection (Figure 1, 2 and 3)
Critical angle
Diamonds
Triangular Prism (Figure 8, 9 and 10)
Retroreflectors and Prisms
Section 12.7 – Phenomena Related to Refraction
Apparent Depth (Figure 2, 3 and 4)
The Flattened Sun (Figure 5)
Water on Pavement – The Mirage (Figure 6)
The Rainbow (dispersion)
Review Questions for Chapter 11 and 12 Quiz
p.
506 and 507 # 1 – 20.
p.
508 and 509 # 1 – 10, 12, 14, 15, 20 and 21.
p. 542 and 543 # 1 – 21.
p.
544 and 545 # 1 – 23.