Form 2 Science

Chapter 1

1. Diagram 3 shows the path of a light ray that enters a block of glass.

Q:

P:

Air

Glass
R:

Diagram 3.1
(a) Label Diagram 3.1 using the words in the box below.
Incident ray

Refracted ray

Normal
[3 marks]

(b) What causes the light ray to bend as it travels from air to glass?

[1 mark]
(c) Name two phenomena that are caused by the refraction of light.
(i)

(ii)
[2 marks]
(d) Complete Diagram 3.2 to show what happens to a light ray when it travels from glass to
air.
Air

Glass

Diagram 3.2
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[1 mark]

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2. Diagram 5.1 shows the formation of image in the eye of a person with a vision defect.

Diagram 5.1
(a) (i) Name the vision defect shown in Diagram 5.1.

[1 mark]
(ii) Give one reason for this vision defect.

[1 mark]
(iii) How do you overcome this defect of vision?
..
[1 mark]
(iv) Draw the correction of this vision defect as suggested in (a)(iii) on Diagram 5.2.

Diagram 5.2
[2 marks]

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(b) (i) Name the vision defect which is common among elderly people.

[1 mark]
(ii) Give one reason for your answer in (b)(i).

[1 mark]

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