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What happens when light goes from a less dense medium to a more dense medium?
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It slows and bends.
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In going from denser to rarer medium a ray of light is?
SLOWS DOWN and angle DECREASES
What does medium mean in science light terms?
the little things that goes through a series and parell circits
What happens when you turn on a light bulb?
It goes dark It is time for bed well that a stupid answer! here's an answer a surge of electricity goes on the wire and then boom light!
What is refracted light?
The refraction of light is the change in direction of a light ray when it crosses a boundary between two transparent substances. Refraction of light is the change in direction of a light ray due to a change in its speed as it goes from one medium to another.The speed and wavelength of a light ray change when this occurs, but the frequency remains the same.When light travels from denser medium to rarer medium it moves away from the normal [line at right angles to the boundary] and when light travels from rarer to denser it moves towards the normal.
What happens to the speed of a wave as the wave goes from one medium to another?
It depends whether the new medium is "heavier" or "lighter" than the previous medium. If it is "heavier" then the wave slows down. If it is "lighter" the wave speeds up.
Which way will light bend when passiing from air to quartz?
The refractive index of air is about 1.0003, and of quartz about 1.45, so quartz is the more "optically dense" medium in this situation. When light goes from a less dense medium to a more dense medium, it is refracted toward the normal. The normal is the imaginary line perpendicular to the surface where the light enters.
Why is red the last color at sunset?
Of all the colors of the rainbow that make up white light, red gets refracted the least when the light goes from a less dense medium to a more dense medium (like from space to the earth's atmosphere).
What is refracrtion?
Refraction is the bending of light beams when it goes from a more dense to a less dense medium, like glass and water. Or the other way around, too. Refraction can also occur with radio waves.
What occurs when light passes from one medium to a less optically dense medium at an angle so great that there is no refracted ray?
It is always refracted, but at an angle so that it goes back into the original medium. This phenomenon is called Total Internal Reflection. The angle that this occurs at is called the critical angle.
What happens to the speed of light as light travels though materials?
The speed of light is not affected by the density of the medium. Its the path of the light that is affected . Phenomenon like reflection or refraction take place when the light goes to different medium
Is the speed of light depending on the medium it goes through?
Yes.
How does a medium (matter)affect the speed of light?
When light goes through any medium other than a vacuum, its speed is normally slower than in a vacuum.
What happens to light when it hits?
it goes nowhere
Does the speed of light changes when it goes from rarer medium to denser medium having angle of incidence equal to 0?
The speed of light changes when it goes from one medium to another one with a different index of refraction. The angle of incidence doesn't influence the change in speed.
What happens to darkness when light hits it?
it goes nowhere
What happens if a candle is alight?
it burns and the light goes out
Why is red the last color seen at sunset?
When the sun sets, its light passes through more of Earth's atmosphere, causing shorter wavelengths of light (like blue and green) to scatter and disperse, leaving longer wavelengths (like red and orange) to dominate the sky. This is why red is often the last color seen at sunset, as it has a longer wavelength and is more easily able to penetrate the atmosphere.
