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Optics B/C

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Short Event Description: Teams must participate in an activity involving positioning mirrors to direct a laser beam towards a target. Teams must also be tested on their knowledge of geometric and physical optics.

What is the index of refraction for a vacuum?
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What part of your eye refracts light the most?
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freed2003 wrote:What part of your eye refracts light the most?
Cornea
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For both plane and convex mirrors, no matter where the object is located, there is a (real/virtual) image that is (upright/inverted).
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Virtual/upright
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freed2003 wrote:
Virtual/upright
Yep, your turn.
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Reviving...

When does total internal reflection occur?
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New to the forum... I hope I'm doing this "hide" thing right.

Answer: [hide]When the angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle.[/hide]

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