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when light rays mave from one medium to another such as from air to water

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Q: Describe how a light ray travels as it moves through empty space?
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What does light travel through best empty space or matter?

Light travels fastest through empty space.


What kind of wave is able to travel through both matter and empty space?

A type of wave that can travel through empty space as well as through matter is electromagnetic wave. Light travels fastest in empty spaces.


Why does light travel faster in empty spaces?

Light travels faster (up to the speed of light) in a vacuum, which is empty space. Light travels slower through a medium (matter).


What items that resemble the path of light when it travels through space?

It travels in a straight line but also it travels through empty space ! 😅


Does light waves travel fastest through empty space?

Light waves, like all electromagnetic waves, travel without a medium, so they can travel through empty space. Sound waves, on the other hand, do require a medium to travel or propagate; therefore, they can not travel through empty space.


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What does light do in empty space?

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Do radiant energy need a matter to travel?

No. As an example, the light from the Sun travels through empty space to reach us.


How does light travel through a window?

Light travels through two things: either empty space, or space which contains transparent materials. Some paterials are only partially transparent or translucent, in which case some light does travel through it, but not all the light will get through.


Which kind of energy travels as waves and moves through empty space?

Electromagnetic waves, which includes light. Also, gravitational waves.


What is Radiation actually?

Radiation is energy that comes from a source and travels through some material or through space.Since there is Vacuum( empty space) between earth and the sun, Light travels using radiation....Hope it helped! :)


Light from the sun travels through space to earth's atmosphere. What will light waves do when they move from an empty space into matter made up of different gases?

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