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Refraction makes a ruler in a cup of warter look broken?
When light passes from air into water, it changes speed and direction due to differences in optical density, resulting in refraction. This change in direction can make objects appear bent or broken when viewed through a transparent medium like water. In reality, the ruler remains intact but is visually distorted due to the refraction of light.
Why doese a pencil look bent or broaken when it is in water?
When light travels from air into water, it changes speed and direction due to a phenomenon called refraction. This change in direction can make objects appear bent or broken when viewed through the water's surface, even though the object is actually straight.
Why does a pencil look broken when placed in water?
Refraction will make the light change direction, when it changes from water to air.Refraction will make the light change direction, when it changes from water to air.Refraction will make the light change direction, when it changes from water to air.Refraction will make the light change direction, when it changes from water to air.
What causes a pencil to look bent in water?
Water can cause a distortion of the light and in turn causes optical illusions. The water refracts light in such a way that objects viewed through light can appear bent, or angled sharply. This is a function of refraction.
A stick partly dipped in water appers broken due to?
the phenomenon of refraction. When light travels from one medium (such as air) to another medium with a different optical density (such as water), it changes speed and direction, causing the light rays to bend. This bending of light can make the stick appear broken or bent at the water's surface.
How can refraction make objects look?
Refraction occurs when light changes speed as it moves from one medium to another, causing it to change direction. This change in direction can make objects appear distorted or bent when viewed through the refracting medium, such as a lens or water.
If you are in water up to your waste and you look at your legs and feet and they look short and stubby and you're tall and thin what is happening?
Get a clear glass and half fill it with water. Place a straw or stick in the glass and if you look form the side you will see that where the stick enters the water it appear to have a kink in it. This is because the path of light is bent (refracted) by the water. When you stand in water and look down at your legs, this bending of the light make the image of your legs took foreshortened.
Why do things look broken in water?
refraction is the cause================================Because light bends when it crosses the boundary between air and water,but when your brain judges the direction of an object, it assumes that thelight from it came to you straight.
How do you make it look like your foots broken?
dude that is the most stupid question
Can the water pump make the tensioner belt fall off?
If the water pump locks up, the impeller shaft is bent, or the water pump pulley is loose yes.
How does the appearance of the pencil depend on level the of water in the glass changes?
When a pencil is placed in a glass of water, the appearance of the pencil can change due to refraction. The water acts as a lens, bending the light as it passes from the air to the water and then back to the air. This refraction can make the pencil appear bent or broken when viewed from certain angles.
Fixing A Broken Faucet?
Many kitchen faucets appear to be completely broken when they actually do not need to be replaced. Before you buy a new one to replace one that has stopped working, make sure that you look into the possibility of fixing the one that you have. Check the pipes under the sink to make sure that water is getting through. Check the water supply itself. You should also look into the pipes to see if they have just become clogged in any way. Finally, make sure that there is not a switch turned off somewhere along the entire water supply line.
