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entering a different medium, changes the speed of the wave, therefore the direction changes accordingly, called refraction, for example light entering glass prism from air, bends towards its normal, 'choosing a shorter path out of the prism, think of it as ur suffering from ur physics assignment n looking for a shortcut, u r the wave, being slowed down by a different medium, o, poor thing, good luck for ur assignm=ent
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe friction of hitting the beach at an angle causes the waves to bend.
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∙ 14y agoRefraction and defraction bend waves. There. Now u know
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∙ 14y agoWavelengths are incapable of bending, they always travel in a straight line. They can, however, be redirected by several different means, like being bounced off of a wall.
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∙ 11y agoRefraction
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∙ 14y agodiffraction
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∙ 12y agoDiffraction
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What is it called when waves bend while passing from one medium to another?
diffraction
What do you call waves that bend when changing mediums?
Waves are said to have been refracted when they bend upon changing mediums. The waves have undergone refraction when moving from one medium to another.
What causes a wave to bend and travel in a new direction when it moves from one medium to another?
Waves may bend if they move from one medium to another.
When waves move from one medium to another?
The particles compress and refract, passing along the energy. It travels faster in mediums with particles that are more tightly packed eg. moves faster in metal as opposed to wood. Also, the more dense the air, the faster sound waves travel.
What angle of waves do not bend when entering a new medium?
sharp angle
What is it called when waves bend while passing from one medium to another?
diffraction
What do you call waves that bend when changing mediums?
Waves are said to have been refracted when they bend upon changing mediums. The waves have undergone refraction when moving from one medium to another.
What causes a wave to bend and travel in a new direction when it moves from one medium to another?
Waves may bend if they move from one medium to another.
When do waves bend traveling through a medium?
The bending of a wave occurs when the wave hits a object?
When light waves enter a new medium and bend what occurs?
When light enters a different medium, the amount that the light is bent as it enters the medium is determined by the medium's index of refraction.
When waves move from one medium to another?
The particles compress and refract, passing along the energy. It travels faster in mediums with particles that are more tightly packed eg. moves faster in metal as opposed to wood. Also, the more dense the air, the faster sound waves travel.
What angle of waves do not bend when entering a new medium?
sharp angle
What causes light rays to bend when they enter a new medium at an angle?
Light rays bend when they enter a new medium at an angle because they either slow down or speed up. They speed up the most if they are in a vacuum.
What must light do in order to bend?
It must pass though a medium from an another medium.
Which term describes the notion that light rays bend when they enter a new medium?
Refraction
What happens to a ray of light that slows down when it hits a new medium at an angle?
The change in speed causes the light to bend. If it is travelling from an optically dencer to an optically rarer medium the ray will bend away from the normal. But if it is travelling from an optically rarer to an optically denser medium then it will bend towards the normal.
What causes light rays to bend when they enter a new medium in a new angle?
when light rays enter a new medium in a new angle it may speed up or speed down
