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When light undergoes refraction at the surface of two media what happens to its wavelength?
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What are the laws of refraction?
angle of incidence of a wave hitting a surface equal the eagle of refraction.
What happens when light hits a white surface?
By calling it a "white surface", you've already described what happens. A large fraction of the light, regardless of its wavelength, reflects from the surface, and very little of it, regardless of its wavelength, is absorbed. If any of this were appreciably different, then the surface would not be white.
What do you call the bending of light that hits a surface?
Refraction
What is threshold wavelength?
The greatest wavelength of radiation for a specified surface for the emission of electrons.
What are the similarities of reflection and refraction?
REFLECTION: IF a light ray in incident on a surface if it bring back to same medium is called reflection REFRACTION: IF a light ray in incident on a surface and going to another medium is called reflection and there is a a law for refraction that is SNELL'S LAW
When there is no refraction of light and why does it happen?
There will be refraction when light passes from one substance to the other (for example, from air to water), when the two substances have different indices of refraction, and when light passes the surface at an angle. In other cases, there is no refraction.
What word means the ray 'bouncing off a surface'?
Refraction
One difference between reflection and refraction of light waves is that?
reflection is when light its something like a mirror and refraction is light going through something solid that is not like a mirror when light falls on a surface and bounces back, it is reflection and when light is absorbed by the surface or passes through the surface but does not bounces back, it is refraction.
What happens to incoming solar radiation after it is reflected off the surface of the earth?
The wavelength is longer. Energy is re-radiated by the Earth as infrared radiation (heat).
When a wave hits a surface and bounces back it undergoes?
reflection
What is the differnce between refraction and reflection?
reflection is when it is reflected; it bounces of the surface while refraction is when it is bent but not reflected
Why does the coin appear to be nearer the surface of water?
due to refraction of light
