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Light doesn't bend or curve. It only goes in straight lines, but you can change its direction using a shiny surface by reflection.
Another way to change its path is to pass it from one transparent medium to another with a different molecular structure. The change in path as it moves from one medium to another is called refraction.
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∙ 15y agoLight can be "bent" in a number of ways, (through Reflection and Refraction, although the light is merely angled, not truly bent or curved - (( it continues to move in straight lines)) within these processes). However, it is only truly bent through the effects of a large mass, such as the Sun which causes a "dent" in the fabric of the universe, which is known as "spacetime" (a combination of both space and time). As light travels near this dent in the universe, it is drawn towards it and thus becomes bent as the front of the light beam is closer to the dent than the back.
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∙ 10y agoThe bending of light rays depends on the index of refraction when it passes through or a medium. It depends on the amount of light that enters the medium if alot of light enters the medium it causes the light rays to bend.
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∙ 15y agoLight travels in a straight line unless it passes from one medium to a different one, where the density is increased/decreased and so the speed of light varies slightly. This is refraction, which is in fact the bending of light when it passes from one medium to another.
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∙ 15y agodiffracted or refracted
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When light rays are bent and brought together they are?
Light rays are bent and brought by a refraction.
When light rays are bent they are called?
refraction or refracted
Where does bent light rays come together?
The answer to this question depends solely on the angle at which the rays were bent. The convergence (and divergence) may be used to find the location relative to the bending point.
What is the name of the effect where light rays are bent as they enter a medium with a different density?
Refraction
What is a focus of the lens?
The distance at which the light rays bent by the lens (or mirror) converge into a coherent image.
When light rays are bent and brought together they are?
Light rays are bent and brought by a refraction.
When light rays are bent they are called?
refraction or refracted
Where does bent light rays come together?
The answer to this question depends solely on the angle at which the rays were bent. The convergence (and divergence) may be used to find the location relative to the bending point.
What is the name of the effect where light rays are bent as they enter a medium with a different density?
Refraction
What are examples of light rays?
An example of light refracting is a spoon in water and looks like it has been bent in half.
What is a focus of the lens?
The distance at which the light rays bent by the lens (or mirror) converge into a coherent image.
Why do objects appear to be bent when partially submerged under water?
The light rays from the submerged part of the objects are bent when they cross the water-air interface.
What is the angle of the incoming light ray is equal the angle of the reflected light ray?
Because this light ray passes through without being bent.
What are examples of light rays refracting?
An example of light refracting is a spoon in water and looks like it has been bent in half.
How do lenses of a light microscope make an object look larger?
The lenses of a microscope have shapes that bend light rays, and when we view those bent rays, the object appears larger--a magnifying glass has the same effect.
What happens to the straw placed in plastic cup full of water?
straw seems at above from the bottom and seems to be broken because water bent the rays of light as the light leaves the water it is bent or refracted from its usual straight line.
Why does an object look bigger in a glass of water than outside the glass?
Bent light rays. Note - you never actually "see" an object, just the light reflecting off it.
