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What will light wave do when they move from empty space into matter made up of different gases?
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It will bend (refract) because light slows down a bit when it passes from a less dense to a more dense environment.
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Light from the sun travels through space to earth's atmosphere. What will light waves do when they move from an empty space into matter made up of different gases?
slow down and refract
What does light travel through best empty space or matter?
Light travels fastest through empty space.
Is light is an example of matter?
Light is a form a energy. It is not an 'example' of matter. Matter only consists of solids, liquids and gases, and plasma.
What kind of wave is able to travel through both matter and empty space?
A type of wave that can travel through empty space as well as through matter is electromagnetic wave. Light travels fastest in empty spaces.
How are electromagnetic or light waves different from water and sound waves?
Light waves and electromagnetic waves can travel through empty space. Water waves can only travel through matter. Hope this helped!
Light from the sun travels through space to earth's atmosphere. What will light waves do when they move from an empty space into matter made up of different gases?
slow down and refract
What does light travel through best empty space or matter?
Light travels fastest through empty space.
Light from the sun travels through space to the earths atmosphere What will light waves do when they move from empty space into matter made up of different gases?
They will slow down slightly compared to their speed in vacuum, they will bend slightly as they enter the atmosphere, and they will follow a path through it that continues to curve slightly.
Is light is an example of matter?
Light is a form a energy. It is not an 'example' of matter. Matter only consists of solids, liquids and gases, and plasma.
What kind of wave is able to travel through both matter and empty space?
A type of wave that can travel through empty space as well as through matter is electromagnetic wave. Light travels fastest in empty spaces.
What is an empty space that contains no matter that light can travel through?
A vacuum.
How are electromagnetic (or light) waves different from water and sound waves?
Light waves and electromagnetic waves can travel through empty space. Water waves can only travel through matter. Hope this helped!
How are electromagnetic or light waves different from water and sound waves?
Light waves and electromagnetic waves can travel through empty space. Water waves can only travel through matter. Hope this helped!
Is the light in a flash light matter?
No, all light is the same no matter if it is artificial or natural. and light is an energy, like heat. light has no mass or volume and you cannot touch it like you can touch solids/liquids/gases.
Why light can pass through empty space?
Basically, light is NOT a mechanical wave, which would require matter; it is an electromagnetic wave, which means that disturbances in the electric field and the magnetic field propagate. This requires no matter; such fields exist - and can propagate - in empty space.
Why does light travel faster through empty space than matter?
It doesn't travel faster through a vacuum. In our Universe there is no such thing as empty space.
Why does light travel faster in empty spaces?
Light travels faster (up to the speed of light) in a vacuum, which is empty space. Light travels slower through a medium (matter).
