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Does refraction tend to make objects submerged in water seem shallower or deeper than they really are?
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If you fill up a sink with water does it appear deeper or shallower?
Due to the refraction of light, a body of water (whether its a sink, pool or lake) will appear more shallow than it actually is.
What do you call the change in direction of a wave at a boundary?
The terminology is the same for all waves, including light - so reflection or refraction depending on what you mean by change of direction. Firstly thanks for answering, I meant if you had water waves travelling from deeper to shallower water. The wavefront change direction when entering the shallower. so http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_do_you_call_the_change_in_direction_of_a_wave_at_a_boundary" The effect is the same as bending of light as it goes from air into glass, for instance, it is refraction.
What is the bending of light called when it passes from one transparent material to another transparent material?
The word is refraction. It is better to say that light changes direction even though the term "bend" is often used. The phenomena is intrinsic to waves that pass through the boundary between to mediums, e.g. water waves exhibit refraction when moving from an area of deeper water to shallower water. The concept of refraction is clear and simple only when the boundary between the two mediums of the wave is flat. When an interface is not flat, the refraction, reflection and transmission concepts need a more sophisticated characterization. It should be observed that the refraction of waves at an interface is accompanied by a change in velocity of the waves as well. This is most commonly discussed for light where the speed of light in a medium is equal to the speed of light in a vacuum divided by the index of refraction of the medium. (This can be generalized to other types of waves.) Regarding wave speed and wave refraction, one can not say that one causes the other. They must happen together for everything to be consistent.
What is a sentence using the word attraction?
The attractive butterfly lured me deeper and deeper into the forest.
Do objects fall at the same rate on a planet with no atmosphere?
No, because there is no air to slow the down. For deeper analysis, check youtube, hammer and feather experiment on the moon. They hit the ground at the same time on the moon because there is no atmosphere, but if you drop a hammer and a feather on earth the hammer, obviously, hits first.
If you fill up a sink with water does it appear deeper or shallower?
Due to the refraction of light, a body of water (whether its a sink, pool or lake) will appear more shallow than it actually is.
What do you call the change in direction of a wave at a boundary?
The terminology is the same for all waves, including light - so reflection or refraction depending on what you mean by change of direction. Firstly thanks for answering, I meant if you had water waves travelling from deeper to shallower water. The wavefront change direction when entering the shallower. so http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_do_you_call_the_change_in_direction_of_a_wave_at_a_boundary" The effect is the same as bending of light as it goes from air into glass, for instance, it is refraction.
What does illusion of depth mean?
Something looks deeper or shallower then it actually is.
How does wave refraction result in sediment deposition in some shoreline area?
In deeper water offshore, incoming waves move at constant speed, but they slow down in shallower waters. As an incoming wave approaches the shoreline at an oblique angle, the part of the wave in shallower water will have a lower speed than the part in deeper water. These different speeds for different parts of the same wave cause the wave to refract (bend). In general, wave refraction rotates obliquely incoming waves toward parallelism with the coastline. Over time, headland erosion and deposition in protected bays and coves tend to even out irregularities, thus straightening the coastline.
How does wave refraction result in sediment deposition in some shoreline areas?
In deeper water offshore, incoming waves move at constant speed, but they slow down in shallower waters. As an incoming wave approaches the shoreline at an oblique angle, the part of the wave in shallower water will have a lower speed than the part in deeper water. These different speeds for different parts of the same wave cause the wave to refract (bend). In general, wave refraction rotates obliquely incoming waves toward parallelism with the coastline. Over time, headland erosion and deposition in protected bays and coves tend to even out irregularities, thus straightening the coastline.
What happened as Waves from deeper waters enter shallower waters?
Amplitude and frequency increase and speed decreases
Does the narwhal migrate?
The Narwhal migrates to shallower warmer waters in the summer and returns to deeper waters during the winter. (See links below) No.
Do mudpuppies migrate?
Mudpuppies prefer deeper water in the summer and winter and seem to prefer shallower water in the spring and fall. However, they do not migrate.
How does Levi faction result in sediment deposition in some shoreline areas?
In deeper water offshore, incoming waves move at constant speed, but they slow down in shallower waters. As an incoming wave approaches the shoreline at an oblique angle, the part of the wave in shallower water will have a lower speed than the part in deeper water. These different speeds for different parts of the same wave cause the wave to refract (bend). In general, wave refraction rotates obliquely incoming waves toward parallelism with the coastline. Over time, headland erosion and deposition in protected bays and coves tend to even out irregularities, thus straightening the coastline.
What are the effects on the human body submerged at depth?
The human body's lungs expand as the body gets deeper in the water.
What is the behavioral adaptation of the narwhal?
One behavioral adaptation of the narwhal is migration. The narwhal undergoes summer and winter migrations. In the summer, the narwhal is found in shallower waters. That's the season when the food supply is abundant, and easy to catch, in shallower waters. In the winter, the narwhal is found in deeper waters. That's the season when food is scarce in shallower waters, and more abundant in deeper waters. Another behavioral adaptation is deep diving. There's no need for narwhals to perform the deep dives in shallower waters. But in deeper waters, the narwhal performs some of the deepest, known mammalian dives on record. So, depending on the season, the narwhal has a diving range of 30-300 meters/90-900 feet down in summer, and 800-1,500 meters/2,400-4,500 feet down in winter.
What is the bending of light called when it passes from one transparent material to another transparent material?
The word is refraction. It is better to say that light changes direction even though the term "bend" is often used. The phenomena is intrinsic to waves that pass through the boundary between to mediums, e.g. water waves exhibit refraction when moving from an area of deeper water to shallower water. The concept of refraction is clear and simple only when the boundary between the two mediums of the wave is flat. When an interface is not flat, the refraction, reflection and transmission concepts need a more sophisticated characterization. It should be observed that the refraction of waves at an interface is accompanied by a change in velocity of the waves as well. This is most commonly discussed for light where the speed of light in a medium is equal to the speed of light in a vacuum divided by the index of refraction of the medium. (This can be generalized to other types of waves.) Regarding wave speed and wave refraction, one can not say that one causes the other. They must happen together for everything to be consistent.
