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Why is it When light hits a different surface it will slow down or speed up causing it to change direction?
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∙ 12y ago
Because the light travels into a more or less DENSE surface it speeds up or slows down, causing the change of direction
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What do we call it when we change the direction light is moving?
Reflection: When light is bounced back off a surface in different or same direction Deflection: When light goes through a surface but its direction has changed from before it hit the surface
Why does light change direction when it hits things?
Light changes direction when it hits a shiny surface
What is reflection for light?
A shining or polished surface changes the direction of light.This change in direction is called reflection of light.
When do gas particles change direction?
When they collide with other particles or a surface (wall of a tank).
Describe one way that earthquakes can change earth's surface rapidly?
By causing landslides or floods.
What is causing the plates of granite rock to flake off?
A change in pressure once exposed at the surface
How do hurricanes and cyclones affect the surface of the earth?
Hurricanes may move debris and water droplets causing there to be a minor change in the earths surface.
What is a change in direction that occurs when light ray bounces off of a surface?
it's called reflection.
When a light ray passes obliquely through the atmosphere in an upward direction how does its path generally change?
Most of the time, a light ray passing through the atmosphere in any direction curves away from its original direction toward the earth's surface. Occasionally, light can proceed straight through the atmosphere with no change in direction. Rarely, it can bend away from the surface.
Does the direction of flow of the toilet change in different regions of the earth?
No.
The gulf stream is deflected by north America causing the current to change direction what is this concept called?
Continental deflection
What are 3 ways that waves change direction?
Three ways that waves change direction are reflection, refraction, and diffraction.
