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What change causes light to be refracted as it travels from air to water?
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∙ 13y ago
Refraction happens when a wave (such as light) enters a medium of different density, since the energy in the wave has to travel through a different amount of matter. Water would be more dense than air, so the wave will travel with less energy and bend closer to the normal.
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When is light refracted?
light is refracted when it travels through air and then through glass
When light travels through a pair of eyeglasses is it reflected or refracted?
Refracted. Light passing through is refracted, light bouncing off of is reflected.
What happens when light travels through a pair of eyeglasses?
It is refracted
When light travels in straight lines can it be reflected or refracted?
Light always travels in straight lines. When it encounters a boundary between different indices of refraction, the straight line may change to a different direction.
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
When is light refracted?
light is refracted when it travels through air and then through glass
What happened to light when it is refracted?
When light is Refracted it bends when it travels from one medium to another
When light travels through a pair of eyeglasses is it reflected or refracted?
Refracted. Light passing through is refracted, light bouncing off of is reflected.
What is refracted when it travels through an object and is bent?
light
What is light when it travels through the lens of a telescope?
refracted
When light travels through the lens of a telescope it is?
Refracted
What happens when light travels through a pair of eyeglasses?
It is refracted
When light travels in straight lines can it be reflected or refracted?
Light always travels in straight lines. When it encounters a boundary between different indices of refraction, the straight line may change to a different direction.
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
When white light travels through a glass prism what colour is refracted through the smallest angle?
Red since red light travels the slowest
What happens to white light as it travels through a prism?
The light is refracted (bent) causing it to separate into different colors.
How does the direction of a ray of light change as it passes from air into water?
When a ray of light travels it is in a wave and when it enters from air to water it becomes more dense and harder to move so the waves are refracted.
