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Light bends because of the difference of speed in each medium.
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What causes a wave to bend and travel in a new direction when it moves from one medium to another?
Waves may bend if they move from one medium to another.
What can bend light?
change of medium causes light to bend
What causes a wave to bend and travel in new direction when it moves from one medium to another?
The speed of the wave in the different mediums.
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.
When a wave changes from one medium to another causing it to bend?
The velocity of the light wave differs in different media. This is the main cause for bending of light ray as it traversed from one medium to the other
When light moves from one medium to another it bendshowever there is one exception to this 'rule'?
it will not bend if the two media have the same index of refraction.
When light moves from one medium to another it bends however there is one exception to this rule what is it?
When you have two different medias but with the same refractive index, light does not refract (bend).
What must light do in order to bend?
It must pass though a medium from an another medium.
What causes a wave to bend and travel in a new direction when it moves from one medium to another?
Waves may bend if they move from one medium to another.
What can bend light?
change of medium causes light to bend
What causes a wave to bend and travel in new direction when it moves from one medium to another?
The speed of the wave in the different mediums.
What is an object that bends light?
Light doesn't bend or curve. It only goes in straight lines, but you can change its direction using a shiny surface by reflection.Another way to change its path is to pass it from one transparent medium to another with a different molecular structure. The change in path as it moves from one medium to another is called refraction.
When a light ray passes fro water to air?
it will to refract/bend because its passing from one medium to another
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.
Is reflection the bending of light?
No,its called refraction. this actually happens when the light passes from one medium to another and thus the velocity of light changes, which enable the light to bend.
When a wave changes from one medium to another causing it to bend?
The velocity of the light wave differs in different media. This is the main cause for bending of light ray as it traversed from one medium to the other
Is reflection the bending of light rays?
No,its called refraction. this actually happens when the light passes from one medium to another and thus the velocity of light changes, which enable the light to bend.
