Can you give an example of a sentence using the word refraction?

Answer 1

To refract is when a wave bends because it passes from one material into another. Here are some sentences.

• Rainbows are made when light refracts through raindrops.
• Your straw seems to bend in your glass because the light refracts.
• Sound will refract when it moves from air into solid matter.

Answer 2

When a ray of light or a sound wave refracts or is refracted, the path it follows bends at a particular point, due to a change in the density of the substance it is passing through. For example if you put a pencil in a glass half full of water, the pencil looks like it is broken because the empty glass bends the light differently from the water.

A rainbow is another example of refraction. Different colours (wavelengths) of light refract differently, so when light hits water droplets, the different colours bend more or less to create a rainbow.

Answer 3

Refraction was observed when the laser shone through the murky water.