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When waves enter a more dense medium they bend away or toward normal?
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When light rays enter a medium at an angle they?
The light rays will refract towards the normal of the medium and emerge out at the same angle.
Why does light chage in derection when it crosses the boundary between transparent object?
This is due to difference in mediums.When light enter from lighter mediam that is air to some denser transparent medium like glass it bends toward normal and vice versa.
What happens to a ray of light that slows down when it hits a new medium at an angle?
The change in speed causes the light to bend. If it is travelling from an optically dencer to an optically rarer medium the ray will bend away from the normal. But if it is travelling from an optically rarer to an optically denser medium then it will bend towards the normal.
What happend to rays of light when they are refracted by a convex lens?
Now suppose that the rays of light are traveling through the focal point on the way to the lens. These rays of light will refract when they enter the lens and refract when they leave the lens. As the light rays enter into the more dense lens material, they refract towards the normal; and as they exit into the less dense air, they refract away from the normal. These specific rays will exit the lens traveling parallel to the principal axis.
What causes light rays to bend when they enter a new medium in a new angle?
when light rays enter a new medium in a new angle it may speed up or speed down
When light rays enter a medium at an angle they?
The light rays will refract towards the normal of the medium and emerge out at the same angle.
Why does light chage in derection when it crosses the boundary between transparent object?
This is due to difference in mediums.When light enter from lighter mediam that is air to some denser transparent medium like glass it bends toward normal and vice versa.
When light rays enter a new medium at an angle what does the change in speed cause the ray to do?
The change in speed causes the light to bend. If it is travelling from an optically dencer to an optically rarer medium the ray will bend away from the normal. But if it is travelling from an optically rarer to an optically denser medium then it will bend towards the normal.
What happens to a ray of light that slows down when it hits a new medium at an angle?
The change in speed causes the light to bend. If it is travelling from an optically dencer to an optically rarer medium the ray will bend away from the normal. But if it is travelling from an optically rarer to an optically denser medium then it will bend towards the normal.
What happend to rays of light when they are refracted by a convex lens?
Now suppose that the rays of light are traveling through the focal point on the way to the lens. These rays of light will refract when they enter the lens and refract when they leave the lens. As the light rays enter into the more dense lens material, they refract towards the normal; and as they exit into the less dense air, they refract away from the normal. These specific rays will exit the lens traveling parallel to the principal axis.
What causes light rays to bend when they enter a new medium in a new angle?
when light rays enter a new medium in a new angle it may speed up or speed down
Why frequency of light is not change When it enter from a rarer medium to denser medium?
Frequency is a function of the energy level of the photon. Changing the medium does not change that energy level.
What kind of meduim does not permit light rays to enter?
An opaque medium.
The bending of waves as they enter a different medium?
That's called "refraction".
What is effect on wavelength of light when it enter dense medium?
When light enters a denser medium than it was previously travelling in, the wavelength gets shorter because the speed of the light slows down: v=w/f where v is the velocity of a wave, w is the wave length, and f is the frequency. When light enters the new medium, f does not change but v decreases so w also decreases. Actually, the density of the medium is not accurate. The medium is not denser it just is "optically denser" which means it has a higher index of refraction. It has nothing to do with actual density, which is weight divided by volume.
Why do you use soap in the shower?
Water alone cannot enter your pores because it isn't dense enough to go inside and clean your pores. Soap is used to make water dense enough to enter the pores and clean them, making you a lot more cleaner.
A change in speed of a wave as it enter a new medium produced a change in?
wavelength
