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Neither. it is getting a flashlight wet.
The beam of light from the flashlight will refract when exiting the tank (and refract several times if going through a glass wall of the tank).
If the tank wall is smooth enough of a material with enough of a difference in optical density and the flashlight beam hits the wall at a small enough angle there will be total internal reflection.
What else can I help you with?
What is the difference between refraction and reflection?
Refraction occurs when light changes speed and direction as it passes from one medium to another, such as from air to water. Reflection, on the other hand, is when light bounces off the surface of a material, like a mirror, and changes direction. Refraction involves a change in speed and direction, while reflection involves a change in direction only.
What experiments can you do to show reflection and refraction?
Simply looking at a mirror requires reflection and refraction. By looking at a mirror, light reflects off of you and on to the mirror and back at you, and the light will refract throught the convex lenses in your eyes for you to see your reflected image. You can also look through a microscope, because microscopes are filled with lenses and a few mirrors. You can also put a stick in a glass of water to show refraction. Put the stick in at about 45 degrees, and the stick will look like it is broken in half, due to refraction. If you look at the the stick from under the cup at a corner, you can only see the part of the stick that's under the water, and if it's still in a 45-degree angle, it will have a relflection right on the water's surface, and both the stick and its reflection will form an angle of about 90 degrees. This is a way to prove the law of reflection.
2 similarities between reflection and refraction?
Refraction is when light slightly bends because glass or water is in the way. This makes the object look bent or crooked. For example when you put a straw in a glass of water, the straw looks as if it were bent, but it really isn't. Reflection is when the light particles of an object bounce off of another object showing the same image. You can't see your reflection on all objects though.
Is there such thing as a tornainbow?
No, there is no such thing as a tornainbow. A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon caused by reflection, refraction, and dispersion of light in water droplets. The term "tornainbow" is not recognized in the scientific community.
Why does partial reflection and refraction still occur when the light is travelling more slowly in acrylic than in water?
It seems that you have not got a hold on refraction yet. Refraction occurs when a light is moving from one kind of medium to another kind. Now the slower the light moves more is the refraction. In fact refraction occurs due to change in the velocity of light in different mediums. When light moves from a rarer medium to a denser medium like say from air to glass, The speed of light decreases and the light moves towards the normal. A part of the light gets reflected back into the air as it falls on a denser medium. The reflection you see in the mirror is not perfect as due to the thickness of the glass most of the light refracts and some reflects.
What are the examples of Reflections of Water waves and what is it all about?
The examples of reflection of water waves include reflection, refraction and diffraction.
What is the differnce between refraction and reflection?
reflection is when it is reflected; it bounces of the surface while refraction is when it is bent but not reflected
What is the difference between refraction and reflection?
Refraction occurs when light changes speed and direction as it passes from one medium to another, such as from air to water. Reflection, on the other hand, is when light bounces off the surface of a material, like a mirror, and changes direction. Refraction involves a change in speed and direction, while reflection involves a change in direction only.
What is difference between reflection and reflection?
the difference between reflection and reflection, is nothing. they basically mean the same thing unless you are thinking of it in other terms. Answer Do you mean reflection and refraction, if so then reflection is the immage you see reflected back at you when you look in a mirror. Refraction is when a light wave is bent. When you put a straw in a glass of water, you will notice that the part of the straw in the water is out of line with the part of the straw above the water.
Why does water reflct a reflection like a mirror?
because it has a large θ for the refraction
What is an everyday example of reflection and refraction?
Reflection . . . -- looking at yourself in a mirror -- turning on the light in the room in order to see the floor -- seeing the moon in the sky Refraction . . . -- putting on your glasses in order to see more clearly -- the pencil looks like it's bent when you stick one end of it in water -- the weather radar is aimed slightly UP in order to see a storm 100 miles away
Why are things not where they appear in water?
Because of the refraction of light. Light bends when it passes from one medium to another, this bending is called refraction not to be confused with reflection.
What light waves lets you see a sharp clear image of yourself in the water?
reflection
Is a mirror reflecting sunlight an example of refraction?
No,that is reflection. Refraction is when light travels through something clear like water or glass and then the lihght bends and maybe even makes a rainbow
How does reflection differ from refraction?
Refraction is the bending of light after passing through a medium. Reflection is the bouncing back of light after striking a polished smooth surface like a mirror,clear water,polished metal,etc.
Which two phenomena of light lead to the formation of rainbow when sunlight go through the water droplets?
Reflection and refraction.
Which physical cause of color is responsible for a halo around the sun?
Refraction and reflection (in water or ice crystals in the atmosphere).
