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How demonstrate to a friend that light travels in a straight line in a given medium?
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Difficult. It doesn't. But not so we'd notice as short distances.
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When does light traveling a straight line?
travels through a uniform medium
What causes light rays to refract?
light travels in straight path and when speed of medium in which light travels change then it refract due to change in speed light rays bend and refract
What is the path that light travels if it does not hit an object or travel through a new medium?
Straight. Gravity bends light. It can act like a lens
What is the proof that light travels in straight light?
Light actually travels in waves.This is known to be true because there are only 3 ways that energy can be transferred. As you probably already know, light does not need a medium to travel through because it travels through space. Electromagnetic waves are the only form of energy transfer that do not require a medium to travel through.
Sound is a disturbance that travels through a medium?
a medium as longitude wave
When does light travel in a straight line?
travels through a uniform medium
When does light traveling a straight line?
travels through a uniform medium
What causes light rays to refract?
light travels in straight path and when speed of medium in which light travels change then it refract due to change in speed light rays bend and refract
Does light travels in waves and is required in a medium?
Yes, it travels in waves, but it doesn't need a medium.
What is the path that light travels if it does not hit an object or travel through a new medium?
Straight. Gravity bends light. It can act like a lens
What is another word for the substance in which a wave travels?
A medium.
How would you describe the behavior of light as it travels from the container to the air or as it travels in different media?
Light always takes the shortest path possible through any medium. As such, when it travels through a vacuum, it travels in a straight line (no refraction). When it travels through the air, the molecules in the air scatter it very slightly, causing some diffusion and refraction, depending on the composition of the air through which it passes. When it travels through water, the shortest path through that medium is not a straight, collinear line from the point of incidence...it is actually offset by a small angle (the angle of refraction). The bent path that light takes through water or another substance is actually the shortest path available to it through that medium.
Through what medium does light travel?
Light travels through a vacuum, and through the densest metals (though not usually very far). But then gamma radiation and radio waves are examples of light...
What is a rarer medium?
If the light travels faster in the second medium, then this medium is called the rarer medium.
What is the proof that light travels in straight light?
Light actually travels in waves.This is known to be true because there are only 3 ways that energy can be transferred. As you probably already know, light does not need a medium to travel through because it travels through space. Electromagnetic waves are the only form of energy transfer that do not require a medium to travel through.
The material through which a wave travels is?
The material through which a wave travels is called the medium.
Matter through which a waves travels?
"A compressible medium." "A displaceable medium."
