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What causes a wave to bend and travel in a new direction when it moves from one medium to another?
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∙ 12y ago
Waves may bend if they move from one medium to another.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoBecause the wave's velocity changes as it changes from one medium into the other.
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What causes a wave to bend and travel in new direction when it moves from one medium to another?
The speed of the wave in the different mediums.
When waves travel from one point to another what is transferred through the medium?
When waves travel from one point to another energy is transferred through the medium. Waves are periodic vibrations or oscillations in a medium that propagate through the medium carrying energy in the form of the movement. Exceptions to this are light and gravity waves, which do not require a medium for propagation.
What causes sound waves to travel?
the vibration of the particles of medium of the sound waves causes the sound waves to travel
What is the name of when light rays travel form one medium to another?
Refraction is when they change direction slightly when entering the second medium, e.g. flashlight shining down towards water surface
What is necessary for sound to travel from one place to another?
A medium.
What causes a wave to bend and travel in new direction when it moves from one medium to another?
The speed of the wave in the different mediums.
When waves travel from one point to another what is transferred through the medium?
When waves travel from one point to another energy is transferred through the medium. Waves are periodic vibrations or oscillations in a medium that propagate through the medium carrying energy in the form of the movement. Exceptions to this are light and gravity waves, which do not require a medium for propagation.
What happens to the direction of a light wave when it passes from a less dense medium such as air into a more medium such as glass?
The light bends when it passes from one medium to another. But only if it approaches the interface at an angle. In such a case it will still travel slower, but there will be no apparent bending.
When the temperature wave that travel through a medium the molecules of the medium vibrate?
B. at right angles to the direction in which the wave travels
What causes sound waves to travel?
the vibration of the particles of medium of the sound waves causes the sound waves to travel
What happens to the direction of light wave when it passes from less dense medium such as air into a more dense medium such as glass?
The light bends when it passes from one medium to another. But only if it approaches the interface at an angle. In such a case it will still travel slower, but there will be no apparent bending.
What is the name of when light rays travel form one medium to another?
Refraction is when they change direction slightly when entering the second medium, e.g. flashlight shining down towards water surface
How does energy travel from one place to another?
medium
Does energy travel from one place to another?
medium
What is created when a source of energy causes a vibration to travel through a medium?
A wave.
What is necessary for sound to travel from one place to another?
A medium.
How does the wavelenth changes when light travel from ane optical medium to another optical medium?
Diamond (solid)
