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What is the change in direction of light when it passes from one kind of matter to another?
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Light can not change direction by passing from one kind of mater to another. In fact, light can only pass through its own type of matter, which is when things like light can go through each other (and only a few types of matter can do that), but even in that case since it can go through, it can't be bent in angle by passing through.
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What is the name for a change in the direction of a wave when it passes one medium into another?
refraction
When light passes from one material to another you may observe?
You observe the light falling from another direction
What is it called when a wave changes direction as it passes from one substance into another at an angle?
Refraction
When a wave bends as it passes from one medium to another what occurs?
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A lens makes the light change direction what is the change of direction called?
Scattering is an interaction of light with matter that causes light to change its energy, direction of motion, or both. so the plain answer is scattering the particles.
What is the name for a change in direction of a wave when it passes from one medium into another?
refraction
What is the name for a change in the direction of a wave when it passes one medium into another?
refraction
An interactiom of light with matter that causes light to change direction?
Refraction, when the light passes through matter and is bent, or reflection, when the light bounces off.
What is the refractive index of a substance?
It is the extent of the change in the direction of light as it passes from one transparent medium to another.
In what situation does a wave not change its direction when it passes from one medium into another?
Waves only change direction when they intersect the other medium at an incident angle of other than 90o
What causes the change in direction when light passes into glass?
REFRACTION
What happens to the direction of the wave as it passes into the air?
The direction of the wave will eventually change to where the wind is blowing.
What is it called when a wave suddenly changes directions it passes from one material to on other?
Refraction phenomenon Typically, the change in wave speed in the material causes the change in direction.
How is the frequency of light affected when going between different media?
Once the light leaves the source, its frequency doesn't change, no matter what ittravels through or what kind of exciting adventure it encounters.But if it passes from one medium to another one with a different index ofrefraction, then the speed and wavelength change, and the direction of aray of light may change.
When light passes from one material to another you may observe?
You observe the light falling from another direction
What is it called when a wave changes direction as it passes from one substance into another at an angle?
Refraction
When a wave bends as it passes from one medium to another what occurs?
Refraction is the change in direction of a wave when it reaches a boundary between two media due to traveling at different speeds in each medium.
