When speed passes from one medium wave to another what happens?

It speeds up or slows down depending on whether the refractive index of the new medium is lower or higher than the previous medium.

It changes direction, according to Snell's Law.

When a light wave passes from one medium to another of greater density, it slows. It will always travel at constant speed through any given medium that is transparent to it, but different media allow it to pass at different speeds.

The speed of a wave changes as the wave passes from one medium to another.

Refraction of a sound wave happens when the sound wave passes from one medium to another, as from air to water or from air to a steel rod. The speed of the sound varies as it passes along different materials.

When light passes through one medium into another at an angle 'Refraction' takes place. This is caused by the light wave's change in speed as it enters a different medium such as from air to water.

it is called refraction

It will also change direction.

When light enters the denser medium the speed of light decreases, that's why when a beam of light passes through glass, it bends towards the normal.

As light passes from a less dense medium to a more dense medium i.e. from air to water, the speed of light is slowed. Light will change direction as a result of this, and is known as Refraction.

No. It's speed and wavelength may change, but not its frequency.

The refractive index of the material is defined as the ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to the speed of light in that material. The higher the refractive index of any medium, the slower the speed of light in that medium.

Yo It's refraction mon.

Light travels in a straight line unless it passes from one medium to a different one, where the density is increased/decreased and so the speed of light varies slightly. This is refraction, which is in fact the bending of light when it passes from one medium to another.

If a beam of light from air passes through a glass or a water then the speed of light decreases because of denser nature of water or glass and because of high refractive index of water or glass

the speed of light, commonly denoted as "c", is constant no matter which medium it passes through.

the speed of light slows in water /\ This bending is known to be the phenomenon of refraction. It is due to the change in speed of the light wave as it traverses from one medium into another medium. The speed of light in air is more than that in the water medium. So obliquely incident ray of light would bend towards the normal when it passes from air into water. Same way as it…

The speed of light and its wavelength decreases when it enters a new medium. The physicist Snell showed that it can vary.

-- Its speed becomes less in the denser medium. -- Its wavelength becomes greater in the denser medium. -- If its direction is not perpendicular to the boundary between the media, then its path in the denser medium is closer to the perpendicular. (This is 'refraction'.)

The speed of light through glass is slower than through air. If it is passing out of the glass block into an optically denser medium than the glass, it will slow down further.

The speed of sound depends, among other factors, on the density of the medium through which it travels.

a denser medium hav more no.of particles also > the no.of particles > the opposition provided for..... therefore both wavelength and speed of light changes but frequency remains the same.

The speed of light depends on the electrical characteristics of whatever medium it happens to be in at that instant. It has one speed in vacuum, another speed in air, another in glass, another in water, and yet another speed in jello. When passing from a more-optically-dense medium to one where its speed is higher, it doesn't need a stomp on the gas to 'accelerate' to the higher speed.

It speeds up. Air and water are both media (plural form of medium). Each one of them has a different speed of light. As the incident ray passes from air to water, it refracts to be closer to the normal. A refraction occurs when there is a change in the speed of light. A change in the speed of light occurs when there is a change in media. In this case the media is changed…

It's either absorbed, reflected or refracted by the material, or any combination of the three. Refraction happens in transparent materials like glass, the speed and possibly direction of the light may be altered. Light travelling through glass, water or diamond for example, will travel slightly slower.

If the light is at an angle to the medium, then refraction (change of direction) and possibly reflection. If light travels at 90 degrees than maybe only slight reflection.

The speed at which a wave passes through water or other medium is called phase velocity.

Refraction of light takes place where a beam of light passes from one medium to another and the speed of light in those two media is different.

Light, when entering another medium, may change speed, this change in speed may cause refraction or reflection. A notable exception, when light enters another media at a specific angle "The Brewster angle", the angle of the light is not affected.

The speed decreases.

Diffraction is the change in the path, speed and wavelength of a wave when it passes from one medium to another. Refraction is bending of light.

It depends whether the new medium is "heavier" or "lighter" than the previous medium. If it is "heavier" then the wave slows down. If it is "lighter" the wave speeds up.

When a wave travels from one material to another, and the indices of refraction are different, the speed of the wave and the wave's wavelength can change. The frequency of the wave will remain constant.

Velocity (speed and direction) Wavelength (frequency)

a light ray is refracted when it passes from one medium to another at an angle and its speed changes. at the interface , it is bent in one direction if the material enters in denser and in the other direction if less dense.

That depends what it comes out of. If it passes into air from vacuum, then its speed decreases. If it passes into air from water or jello, then its speed increases.

It moves at a slower speed!

They'll leave your car at the speed of light, and when that light passes anybody, they'll measure the speed of the light as it passes them to be the speed of light.

Short Answer: When light travels from one medium to another, the speed changes according to the index of refraction. Explanation: The speed of light is different in each different medium. Only in a vacuum does it reach its natural speed of 300,000 kilometers/second. We assign the speed of light in a vacuum the letter c. c=300,000 kilometers/second. Every medium which transmits light is characterized by a quantity called the index of refraction. We assign the…

The speed is, and, as a direct consequence, the wavelength.

The speed of light increases.Unless the medium is air or vacuum, the speed will be less than 3x108m/s

It increase by approx 33%.

It increases.

If the speed of light in the second medium is lower, the wavelength increases. If the speed of light in the second medium is higher, the wavelength decreases.

The wave will slow down in a softer medium and speed up in a solider medium.

When a sound passes from one medium to another of different [non-zero] density, its speed and wavelength change, but its frequency doesn't. It doesn't matter what either medium is, or what source produced the sound.

The speed of light will typically change. This is described by a number, assigned to the medium, called the index of refraction.

When light passes through water, its speed is decreased, and as a result, it is refracted.

It increases.

it slows down