Holy Rosary College of Santa Rosa, Inc.

Tagapo, City of Santa Rosa, Laguna

High School Department

S.Y. 2022 – 2023

ACTIVITY SHEET
General Physics 2
Fourth Quarter

Lesson 2
OPTICS

Activity 4 (PT): Laws of Reflection and Refraction

QUESTIONS

1. Give one application of refraction of light.

2. How does the thickness of a medium affect lateral displacement?
3. Why is it that when you use a triangular prism, the emergent ray is not in
parallel with the incident ray as shown below?

4. A 2.00-cm thick rectangular glass

container is filled with water halfway and
then brought to solid ice. Afterwards, ice-
cold olive oil is poured up to the lip of the
container. The container is then covered
with a mirror, facing down. A second
mirror is already installed inside the
container before the oil is poured. While
the ice is still solid, a white light ray hits
the glass at an angle of 45.0° as shown in
the figure.

A. What is the angle of refraction (θ g) of the light ray when it entered the glass?
B. What is the angle of refraction (θice ) of the light ray when it entered the ice?
C. What is the angle of refraction (θ oil) of the light ray when it entered the oil?
D. How far is the light ray from the glass (indicated by x in the figure) when it hit the oil?
E. What is the angle of reflection (θr ) of the light ray in the side mirror?
F. Will the light ray experience total internal reflection and will not enter the ice? Prove your
answer.