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Home Minds On Refraction and Lenses Mission RL5 Total Internal Reflection (TIR)

Mission RL5 Total Internal Reflection (TIR)

Mission RL5 pertains to the behavior of lght at a boundary and the effect that the angle of incidence has upon the tendency of the light to refract and/or reflect. The mission consists of 39 questions organized into 10 Question Groups. You must answer one question from each Question Group to complete the mission. The learning outcomes for this mission are ...

Learning Outcomes

  • The student should be able to use an understanding of boundary behavior of light to predict the effect of changing incident angle upon the brightness and relative amount of energy in the reflected and refracted light.
  • The student should be able to identify the two prerequisites for the occurrence of total internal reflection and apply these to determine whether or not it could occur in any given situation.
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The Physics Classroom, Refraction and Lenses Unit, Lesson 3, Part a

The Physics Classroom, Refraction and Lenses Unit, Lesson 3, Part b

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Total Internal Reflection