3A Wave Motion I Chapter 1 Reflection of Light

1 Reflection of Light (b)

Practice 1.1 (p.6)

1 C
2 C
3 D
4 Luminous objects: candle flame, lighted lamps
and the sun
5 (a) Angle of incidence = 90  30 = 60
Non-luminous objects: books, blackboards
(b)
and the moon
(Or other reasonable answers)
5 (a) Divergent
(b) Divergent
(c) Parallel
(a)
(c) With the notation in the figure,
b = a = 60
d = c = 90  b = 90  60 = 30
 The angle of reflection for the final
reflected ray is 30.
(b) 6 Regular reflection occurs on the flat surface of
glossy paper. As a result, an image of the lamp
is formed. This makes it difficult to read the
prints.
7 (a) Diffuse reflection occurs on the
crumpled sheet. Therefore, a distorted

Practice 1.2 (p.11) image is formed.

(b) John’s statement is incorrect. The laws
1 C
of reflection still hold in diffuse
2 A
reflection.
3 C
4 (a) Angle of incidence
= 90  40
Practice 1.3 (p.25)
1 A
= 50
2 D
Angle of reflection
3 A
= angle of incidence
4 D
= 50

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A A
B B

Distance between Harry and the image of the

monster
= 2 + 2 + 10
= 14 m
5 C
6
7 (a) Any two of the following:
Behind the mirror
Virtual
At the same distance from the mirror as
the girl is
Of the same size as the girl
Erect
Laterally inverted
(b) Remains unchanged 10 (a) Distance between Eva and her image
8 (a) In the diagram, the angle of incidence is = 1.4 + 1.4 = 2.8 m
not equal to the angle of reflection. (b)
Also, ray is drawn from the eye to the
object.
Correct ray diagram (a cone of ray can
also be drawn):

Chris’s image

(c) No, she cannot.

Eva should move towards west.
11 (a)

(b) In the diagram, A (image of A) is not as

far behind the mirror as A in front, so
does B and B.
Correct ray diagram:
r = i = 90  65 = 25

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50  H 3 F
tan 25 =
40 The image formed by a plane mirror is always
 H = 31.3 m of the same size as the object.
(b)
Multiple-choice questions (p.29)
4 B
5 A
(c) Any two of the following: 6 A
Behind the curtain wall 7 A
Virtual (2) Convergent light rays are still
At the same distance from the curtain convergent after reflection.
wall as the bird is (3) Divergent light rays are still divergent
Of the same size as the bird after reflection.
Erect 8 A
Laterally inverted (3) The laws of reflection hold in diffuse
12 Vertical distance between the woman’s eye reflection.
level and the top of her head 9 B
= 164  152
= 12 cm
Minimum vertical distance between the
woman’s eye level and the top edge of the
mirror
1
= 12
2
= 6 cm
Minimum length of the mirror
The angles marked in the figure above are all
= 152  50 + 6
equal to 40. Therefore,
= 108 cm
 = 2  40 = 80
Revision exercise 1 10 C

Concept traps (p.29)

1 F
The laws of reflection hold in both regular and
diffuse reflection.
2 F
Light is reflected by the mirror. No light
reaches the virtual image formed by a mirror.

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(ii) The normals at different points on

the rough surface point at different
directions. 1A
When parallel rays of light fall onto
different points on the surface, their
angles of incidence are different.
1A
As a result, they are reflected in
different directions.
The figure above shows that the mirror needs
16 (a) Distance of Jack’s image from the mirror
to be extended to E from side A, i.e. 1.5 m to
= distance of Jack from the mirror
the left.
=3m 1A
11 (HKCEE 2007 Paper 2 Q11)
(b) (i) Remains unchanged 1A
12 (HKCEE 2008 Paper 2 Q13)
(ii) Remains unchanged 1A
13 (HKCEE 2011 Paper 2 Q14)
(c) In the diagram below, when Rose looks
into the mirror, she cannot see the
Conventional questions (p.31)
objects in the shaded region beyond the
14 (a) & (b)
dotted line.
Therefore, Jack has to walk for a
minimum distance of 3 m. 1A

(Correct image of ruler) 1A

(Correct position of A) 1A
(Light rays from A to mirror surface) 1A
(Light rays from mirror surface to eye) 1A
15 (a) Diffuse reflection 1A
(b) The incident ray, the reflected ray and (Correct diagram) 1A
the normal all lie in the same plane. 1A 17
The angle of reflection is always equal
to the angle of incidence. 1A
(c) (i) Yes 1A

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= 60 1A
19 Light is reflected by the smoke particles on its
path and enters our eyes. 1A
Therefore, we can see the smoke particles
which show the path of the light. 1A
20 (a) (i) & (ii)

(a) (Correct image of O) 1A

(b) (Light ray from O to Billy’s eye) 1A
(Lines from the image of O to Paul’s and
Larry’s eyes) 1A
Only Billy can see the image of O. 1A
18 (a) Angle of reflection
= angle of incidence
(Correct lines to locate I) 1A
= 90  20
(Correct lines to locate I) 1A
= 70 1A
(b) Erect 1A
(b) (i) 30 1A
(c) Actual horizontal distance
(ii) Angle of reflection
= 275  4 = 271 m 1A
= angle of incidence
(a)
= 90  20  30
= 40 1A

(iii)

(Ray from the tip reflected at the edge of

plane mirror to Betty’s eye) 1A
In the above diagram, R1 and R2 are
(Correct position of image) 1A
the reflected rays before and after
(b) In the above diagram,
the mirror is rotated.
i = 180  70  90 = 20 1M
Angle that the reflected ray turns
r = i = 20
= 70  (40  30)

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1.4
tan (20 + 20) =
d Experiment questions (p.33)
 d = 1.67 m 1A 24 The plane mirror is not aligned along the 90
Her distance from the mirror is 1.67 m. line of the protractor. 1A
1.4
(c) sin (20 + 20) = 1M The point of incidence does not coincide with
e
the centre of the protractor. 1A
 e = 2.18 m
Distance between Betty’s eye and the
image of the tip of the shoe
= 1.67 + 2.18
= 3.85 m 1A
(d) Now the inclination angle changes from
70 to  and d is 0.45 m.
i = 180    90 = 90  
r = i = 90  
i + r = 90   + 90   = 180  2
1.4
tan (180  2) = 1M
0.45
  = 53.9 1A
The inclination angle of the mirror is
53.9.
22

(a) (Correct position of I3) 1A

(b) (Two reflected rays which appear to
come from I1) 1A
(Two incident rays from O) 1A
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