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Review - Name the angle of incidence and the angle
of refraction

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Dispersion PHET - showmethephysics.com
Assessment
About Light
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Newton proved that white light is a blend
of all the colors of the rainbow

White Light
Animation
(Right Click, Save As)
Penn State

2. Dispersion – separation of
polychromatic light into its
component wavelengths (colors)

Wikipedia - Public Domain
Trivia
What
famous album
cover
has a prism on the front? Their
big hit?
Each Color has
A Different Wavelength

NASA
Red
- fastest
(slowed least),
bent least
Violet - slowest
(slowed most),
bent most

Lucas V. Barbosa

Dispersive Medium – medium in which the velocity of wave depends on
frequency
(makes rainbows)

ex) Glass, water
Nondispersive
- Air

Refraction with
Polychromatic Light
(Angle, Index of refraction)
Molecular Expressions - FSU

http://www.freeimages.co.uk/
Review
What is the name for this special kind of reflection?

Wikipedia
Total internal reflection in a bar of PMMA.
The laser is HeNe laser
Review
Cross out all the ray diagrams that are incorrect. Justify your answers.
Regents
June 2014
The Nasty Feud Between Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke
Total Internal Reflection
/Dispersion Assessment

Enrichment Review Video
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Onsite
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Refraction/Dispersion Simulations
University of Utah
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