If You Look at a Dot on a Piece of Paper

question 5

Multiple Choice

If you look at a dot on a piece of paper through a calcite crystal lying on the paper,you will see two images of the dot,one of which appears to be nearer to you than the other.From this evidence you can conclude that

• A)the beams from both images are polarized.
• B)calcite has different indices of refraction for the two beams.
• C)there is interference between the two beams.
• D)the calcite has increased the resolving power of your eye.
• E)the appearance is due to diffraction.