ICSE Class 10 Physics Question 16 of 27

Solved Sample Paper 5 — Question 5

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Question 5(ii)

(a) How many surfaces bound a prism?

(b) Give the relationship between wavelength of light and amount by which it deviates when it is passed through a prism.

(c) What will be the colour of the emergent light ray when a ray of white light is incident on a thin walled hollow glass prism?

Answer

(a) A prism is a transparent medium bounded by five plane surfaces i.e., 2 triangular faces and three rectangular lateral surfaces.

(b) Wavelength (λ) ∝ 1deviation (δ)\dfrac{1}{\text{deviation (δ)}}

(c) The emergent light will be white because the outer surface of the prism behave like a hollow glass plate.