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What happens to the direction of a light ray as it moves from air into Perspex?
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∙ 12y ago
what happens is the light is refracted or bent to the normal as in the other surface the line is refracted away from the normal refracted light coming out of the perspex block is parallel to the incident light refraction is caused as the light hits the block from a different angle lets say 25 degrees the particles are normally all lined up and go the same speed but as it hots the block from a different angle one particle will hit first the block and then the next and so on making each particle separate causing it to bend.
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∙ 12y ago
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that changes the speed of the light, which makes the light bend
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Moves it the opposite direction.
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The speed changes. (and sometimes the angle.)
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that changes the speed of the light, which makes the light bend
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kill
What happens when a net unbalanced force act on an object?
Moves it the opposite direction.
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It dims......Nikki
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It moves at a slower speed!
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