Name : ________________________________

Class : ________

[TERENGGANU TRIAL 2007]

1. A student carries out an experiment to investigate
refractive index, n and the refracted angle, r.

the relationship between the

The experiment begin with puts a perspeks block on a plane paper. This perspeks block
has refrective index, n 1.49. A outline is drawn around with a sharp pencil. The pespeks
block shifted out from the plane paper and normal line is drawn at the centre of the long
flat surface. The block is puts again on the plane paper and in that outline. Turned on the
light source and it adjusted to produce a single and thin beam of light incident on the
perspeks block. This incident beam is directed to A at 30 0. A point along the incident
beam , the point where it intersects the perspeks block and the point where it leaves the
perspeks block and re-enters the air are marked with cross x. The perspeks block shifted
out from the plane paper again. Join the marks as shown on Diagram 1.0. The refracted
angle are measured using a protactor.
The experiment is repeated with using another transparent materials blocks like crown
glass, zicron, diamond, rutile and gallium phosphide with same incident angle of
perspeks block. Their refracted index are 1.49, 1.92, 2.42, 2.91 and 3.50 respectively.
Each refracted angle can found from Diagram 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6.

DIAGRAM 1.0

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DIAGRAM 1.1

DIAGRAM 1.2

Perspeks, n = 1.49

Zicron, n = 1.92

DIAGRAM 1.3

DIAGRAM 1.4

Diamond, n = 2.42

(a)

Rutile, n = 2.91

DIAGRAM 1.5
Gallium phosphide, n = 3.50
Base on the aim and the procedure of the experiment described above, identify:

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(i)

the manipulated variable

[1 mark]
(ii) the responding variable

[1 mark]
(iii)
a constant variable

[1 mark]
(b)

Based on Diagram 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 on pages 5, 6 and 7, determine the
1
value of refracted angle, r, sin r and
for each transparent material with refractive
sin r
1
index 1.49, 1.92, 2.42, 2.91 and 3.50 and tabulate your results for n, r, sin r and
.
sin r
[7 marks]

(c)

Plot a graph of n against

1
.
sin r

[5 marks]

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(d)

Using your graph, state the relationship between n and

1
.
sin r

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[1 mark]