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What three things can happen to light?
Light can be reflected off a surface, refracted through a medium, or absorbed by a material.
Write down different properties of light and sound?
Light: travels in straight lines, can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed, has a constant speed in a vacuum. Sound: travels in waves, requires a medium to propagate, can be reflected, refracted, or diffracted, its speed depends on the medium through which it travels.
What happens to light when it strikes a transparent medium?
When light strikes a transparent medium, such as glass or water, it can be transmitted through the material, absorbed, or reflected. The speed and direction of light can also change when moving from one medium to another, a phenomenon known as refraction.
How do you explain how light can be reflected refracted transmitted or absorbed?
Light can be reflected when it bounces off a surface, refracted when it changes direction while passing through a different medium, transmitted when it passes through a material without being absorbed, and absorbed when its energy is taken in by a material, converting it into other forms of energy such as heat.
What is the difference between refracted light and reflected light?
Refraction is the change in direction caused by a speed differential as light travels through different mediums, or temperature/pressure gradients. Reflection is light directly hitting an object and exiting at the same angle at which it hit.
What three things can happen to light?
Light can be reflected off a surface, refracted through a medium, or absorbed by a material.
Write down different properties of light and sound?
Light: travels in straight lines, can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed, has a constant speed in a vacuum. Sound: travels in waves, requires a medium to propagate, can be reflected, refracted, or diffracted, its speed depends on the medium through which it travels.
What happens to light when it strikes a transparent medium?
When light strikes a transparent medium, such as glass or water, it can be transmitted through the material, absorbed, or reflected. The speed and direction of light can also change when moving from one medium to another, a phenomenon known as refraction.
How do you explain how light can be reflected refracted transmitted or absorbed?
Light can be reflected when it bounces off a surface, refracted when it changes direction while passing through a different medium, transmitted when it passes through a material without being absorbed, and absorbed when its energy is taken in by a material, converting it into other forms of energy such as heat.
What is the difference between refracted light and reflected light?
Refraction is the change in direction caused by a speed differential as light travels through different mediums, or temperature/pressure gradients. Reflection is light directly hitting an object and exiting at the same angle at which it hit.
When light is travelling through a medium does it travel in a straight or curved line?
Light typically travels in a straight line through a uniform medium. However, if the medium's density changes, light can be refracted and its path curved. Additionally, light can be reflected, diffracted, or scattered depending on the properties of the medium it is passing through.
When light bounces straight off a surface you say that it is refracted?
Actually, when light bounces straight off a surface, we say that it is reflected, not refracted. Refraction occurs when light passes through a medium and changes speed, causing it to bend.
What will light do when passing through a single medium?
Light will continue in a straight line through the medium unless it encounters a boundary or a change in the medium's properties. It may be absorbed, reflected, or refracted depending on the characteristics of the medium.
What is the copy of an object formed by reflected or refracted rays of light?
A mirror image is formed when an object is reflected off a surface, while a refracted image is formed when light passes through a medium with different optical properties. Both processes involve the redirection of light rays to create a duplicate representation of the original object.
Is smoke is transparent?
No, smoke is not considered a transparent medium because it does not transmit rays of light through it. An example of a transparent medium would be glass.
Prove that the angle between reflected and refracted rays is 90 degree if a ray incident from denser to rarer medium?
When a ray of light travels from a denser medium to a rarer medium, the angle of refraction is greater than the angle of incidence. The reflected ray and the refracted ray lie in the same plane as the incident ray. Using Snell's Law and the principle of reflection, we can show that the sum of the angles formed by the refracted and reflected rays with the normal is equal to 90 degrees.
Is smoke a transparent medium?
No, smoke is not considered a transparent medium because it does not transmit rays of light through it. An example of a transparent medium would be glass.
