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When a wave approaches a boundary between two media obliquely does its direction of motion change or remains the same?
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The direction of the wave changes if its speed is different in the two media.
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What is it called when light blends as it moves from one substance to another?
The direction of light propagation can be changed at the boundary of two media having different densities. This property is called refraction, and is illustrated in the following figure for the boundary between air and water.
Why the formula of work done obliquely is F s cos Ө?
Because work done is equal to the force times the distance travelled IN THE DIRECTION of the force. Distance travelled in an oblique direction can be decomposed into two components: s*cos(x) in the direction of the force and s*sin(x) in a direction perpendicular to it (where x is the angle between the force and the resultant motion). Motion in a perpendicular direction is NOT work done by the force, which leaves s*cos(x). Multiply by the force (as required) and you have your answer.
What do rayleigh waves travel through?
Rayleigh Waves propagate along boundary between two dissimilar solid media, in a plane perpendicular to the surface and containing the direction of propagation.
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.
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 are the 2 conditions when the direction does not change on refraction?
-- Light approaches the boundary between any two media along the normal direction. -- Light approaches the boundary at any angle and the indexes of refraction of both media are equal.
What is it called when a light ray passes through an optical lens?
We have learned that refraction occurs as light passes across the boundary between two media. Refraction is merely one of several possible boundary behaviors by which a light wave could behave when it encounters a new medium or an obstacle in its path. The transmission of light across a boundary between two media is accompanied by a change in both the speed and wavelength of the wave. The light wave not only changes directions at the boundary, it also speeds up or slows down and transforms into a wave with a larger or a shorter wavelength. The only time that a wave can be transmitted across a boundary, change its speed, and still not refract is when the light wave approaches the boundary in a direction that is perpendicular to it. As long as the light wave changes speed and approaches the boundary at an angle, refraction is observed.
What is transformed fault boundary?
A transform boundary, or conservative plate boundary, is a type of fault at the margin of two adjacent tectonic plates were the relative motion is horizontal in either sinistral or dextral direction between the two.
What is transfer boundary?
A transfer boundary refers to the point between two different natural resource management units where the management approaches change. It is used to facilitate natural resource transfer, such as the movement of water or plants, between different areas or ecosystems. This boundary helps to coordinate resource management activities and maintain ecological balance.
What direction is the Philippine Mobile belt moving?
It's staying still. A mobile belt is the tectonic boundary between plates.
What is the active boundary between plates?
the active boundary between plates is a ?
What active boundary between the plates?
the active boundary between plates is a ?
What is it called when a selsmic wave bounces backward when it reaches a boundary?
Reflection occurs when seismic wave bounces backward as it reaches a boundary. It refers to the change in direction of a wave front at an interface between two different media.
Which major river flows in the southwesterly direction to form a boundary between Ohio and Kentucky between Indiana and Kentucky and then between Illinois and Kentucky to join the Mississippi river?
The Ohio River
What is the boundary between the outer core and the inner core?
the boundary between mantel and crust is mohorovisic the boundary between mantel and core is guttenberg
A sentence with boundary?
A boundary is a restriction, a line of demarkation. That fence is the boundary between our property. The ball went outside of the boundary.
What is the boundary between the stratosphere and troposphere?
The boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere is called the tropopause.
