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What is the wavelenght of light reflected most from ocean water?
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∙ 12y ago
Whatever the color of the substance is, that's the light wave that is reflected most. So the ocean would mostly be green and blue. However black means no light is reflected, so the darker the less reflected.
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Where is light absorbed or reflected?
Water.
Why is light internally reflected in a raindrop?
light after incident on molecules of water (rain drop) it scatters or reflected.
What happens when a ray of light strikes a flat water surface?
Whenever light hits a water surface, some of the light is reflected off, and some of it is refracted, or "bent", deeper into the water. The proportion that is reflected and refracted depends on the wavelength of the light and the angle of incidence. When light goes straight down into the water, most of it penetrates the surface and goes into the water. When the light impacts at an angle, more of the light is reflected away.
When light passes from water to air the light rays are what?
If you are referring to a situation in which light is reflected from water back into the air, then the light rays are "polarized." All light rays travel in straight lines, but polarized light is light that enters a medium from many directions, but are exited (reflected or refracted or merely cut out, like in sunglasses) in one direction.
Can light be reflected off water?
Yes. Everything you see is the light reflecting off of the object you see. So when you see yourself in water that the light bouncing off your face onto the water and back to your eyes.
Maximum Sun light is reflected by ocean water than by glaciers?
sun light is reflacted more by ocean water because the water surface is smooth and shiny.
What is reflected light from the water or light?
Water is a completely smooth surface and light is reflected from the sun.
Why does a glass of water appear to have no color but the ocean is a deep blue color?
Color depends on reflected light, in most cases that reflected light is blue. Now bear in mind that it takes an extreme amount of water and light for our eyes to pick up on that reflected light. Is a glass of water sitting in the sun reflecting blue? Yes, but it's too minute for us to pick up on it. By the same token, fill two identical glasses, one with tap water and one with ocean water, set them side by side in the sun, and you won't be able to tell any difference...even though you KNOW the ocean water is reflecting blue (as is the tap water).
Why does a red fish look black in the ocean greater than water depth of 10 meters?
Has to do with reflected light, its wavelength, and how water effects it. Red light cannot travel as deep in water as green or blue. Therefor, when a red fish goes deeper the needed RED LIGHT cannot reach it and will not be reflected off the fish. SO! It looks black because it is REFLECTING no color. Thats what color is... reflected light.
Where is light absorbed or reflected?
Water.
Why is light internally reflected in a raindrop?
light after incident on molecules of water (rain drop) it scatters or reflected.
Why is ocean blue coloured in a map?
The ocean is blue due to the way that light enters the atmosphere. The spectrum (Rainbow effect) refracts the light and the light is blue this light is reflected of the ocean to make it look blue. this mixed with the depth enables the sea to look blue.
What happens when a ray of light strikes a flat water surface?
Whenever light hits a water surface, some of the light is reflected off, and some of it is refracted, or "bent", deeper into the water. The proportion that is reflected and refracted depends on the wavelength of the light and the angle of incidence. When light goes straight down into the water, most of it penetrates the surface and goes into the water. When the light impacts at an angle, more of the light is reflected away.
What is it about the chemical composition of water that turns certain objects such as hair or sand or clothes a shade darker?
It is nothing to do with the chemical composition of water. It is to do with a property of light. When light arrives at an interface between two transparent substances with different refractive indices, some of the light passes onwards, and some is reflected back. When you look at somebody's hair, light from the sun or the sky or a lamp reflects off the hair, and comes back to your eye. How much of the reflected light comes back to your eye determines lighter or darker -- more reflected light for lighter, less reflected light for darker. If you look at somebody's hair under the water, the light from sun sky or lamp first hits the water surface. The part that goes ahead and reaches the hair then reflects back off it, but some of the light has been lost when the light hit the surface of the water. The light that has reflected off the hair then reaches the surface of the water again. And again part of that light is lost by reflection. The amount of light that comes back to you from the hair is only a fraction of the light that was reflected from the hair, and the light that reached the hair to be reflected was only a fraction of the light originally available from sun sky or lamp. The result? Less light from the hair when other things in the room that are not under the water are still sending back the same light for comparison means that the hair will look darker.
Can you see through muddy water?
yes
A ray of light traveling from air to water is incident at an angle of 64 degrees Part of the light is reflected at an angle of what?
It is reflected at exactly the same angle, but on the other side of the normal at the point of incidence.
Is there a word for light refraction?
The word is rainbow. Rainbows occur when light is reflected inside droplets of water and then refracted out into the air.
