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Does light speed up or slow down when it passes through the air into the cornea?
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A2. The velocity of light is greatest in a vacuum. It will travel at a slower speed in a solid such as glass - (or indeed any transparent substance) and the various colours do not all travel at the same velocity. This underlies the dispersion of colours in a prism.
A1. Neither, light never slows down. Ever.
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Speed of light will be minimum when it passes through?
the speed of light, commonly denoted as "c", is constant no matter which medium it passes through.
What do you call it when light the speed of light changes as it passes through different meduims?
Diffraction.
Is the speed of light in water should be more than the speed of light in a vacuum?
No. Light slows down whenever it passes through water. Nothing is faster than the speed of light in a vaccum.
What happens if you are driving a car at the speed of light and you cut your headlights on?
They'll leave your car at the speed of light, and when that light passes anybody, they'll measure the speed of the light as it passes them to be the speed of light.
What is it called when the speed and direction of light changes as it passes through different media?
its called refraction
Speed of light will be minimum when it passes through?
the speed of light, commonly denoted as "c", is constant no matter which medium it passes through.
What will happen when ray of light passes through a glass slab?
speed of light will decreases
When is light bent as it passes through an object?
When the speed of light in the two media is not the same.
What happens when light passes through vacuum?
it travels at c (speed of light in a vacuum)
What do you call it when light the speed of light changes as it passes through different meduims?
Diffraction.
Which is the minimum speed of light passes through?
Zero (0) light cannot pass through opaque materials.
What happens to light as it passes through different mediums?
Its speed and wavelength change.
Is the speed of light in water should be more than the speed of light in a vacuum?
No. Light slows down whenever it passes through water. Nothing is faster than the speed of light in a vaccum.
What happens if you are driving a car at the speed of light and you cut your headlights on?
They'll leave your car at the speed of light, and when that light passes anybody, they'll measure the speed of the light as it passes them to be the speed of light.
What is it called when the speed and direction of light changes as it passes through different media?
its called refraction
What happens when light passes into a material where the speed of light is lower?
It moves at a slower speed!
What of a material indicates how much the speed of light in the materials changes as light passes through?
Refractive Index: the ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum to that in the given medium
