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Does water bend towards or away from the normal when light travels from water to air?
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What happens when light bends and travels through water?
The speed of light though substances is slower than the speed of light in a vacuum. As the light passes from air to water it slows and the ray's path is translated towards the normal to the air/water interface slightly.
When light refractes what does it do?
Light refracts when it travels from 1 medium to another.if it travels from denser to rarer medium,it bends away from the normal ,which is the perpendicular drawn at a point on the interface of both the surfaces where the light is incident.else it travels towards the normal.air can be considered to be a rarer medium as compared to water.
What is the light ray when it enter or exits a water air at an angle of 15 degrees with the normal?
sometimes bends towards the normal
Which travels fastest sound air light or water?
Light travels faster.
Why the ray of light bends away normal or towards normal when it passes from one medium to another?
it deviates its path and meet where water and air surfaces meet.
What happens when light bends and travels through water?
The speed of light though substances is slower than the speed of light in a vacuum. As the light passes from air to water it slows and the ray's path is translated towards the normal to the air/water interface slightly.
When light refractes what does it do?
Light refracts when it travels from 1 medium to another.if it travels from denser to rarer medium,it bends away from the normal ,which is the perpendicular drawn at a point on the interface of both the surfaces where the light is incident.else it travels towards the normal.air can be considered to be a rarer medium as compared to water.
What is the light ray when it enter or exits a water air at an angle of 15 degrees with the normal?
sometimes bends towards the normal
How is optical density related to refraction?
As you should know, as light travels from one medium into another more optically dense medium (such as from air into water) the light is refracted towards the normal. But why does the light appear to bend and refract? Light acts not only as a particle, but also as a wave. When the light hits the more optically dense medium it slows down. This also happens with water waves. As the waves come towards the shore the ocean becomes more shallow and they speed up, when the water waves speed up they bend away from the normal. The same thing is happening with the light waves. As light waves are hitting the more optically dense material, because they slow down they oppose and opposite effect to the water waves and bend towards the normal. I hope this helped. :)
A ray of light traveling from air to water will bend which direction?
The ray will bend towards the normal.
Which travels fastest sound water air light?
Light travels faster.
Which travels fastest sound air light or water?
Light travels faster.
What happened to the ray of light when it entered the water?
if the ray of light enters the water from air,refraction takes place and the ray of light will bend towards the normal due to higher optical density.
Why does a spoon in a cup of water looks bent and discontinuous when viewed through the side of the cup?
when the rays of light falls from the air to water, it bends away from normal,inside water, bends towards normal,when it comes out of water again it ends away from from normal,hence its all because of refraction of light. sabin
Why is it important to explain the speed of light together with the medium in which the light travels?
The speed of light is dependent on the medium it travels through. Light travels fastest in a vacuum than in water or air.
Why the ray of light bends away normal or towards normal when it passes from one medium to another?
it deviates its path and meet where water and air surfaces meet.
In which medium Light travels faster in glass or water?
In water
