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Light always travels in straight lines. When it encounters a boundary between different

indices of refraction, the straight line may change to a different direction.

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What are three ways light travels?

Light travels in a straight line, at a constant speed in a vacuum, and can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed when it encounters different materials or surfaces.


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 kind of line does light travel?

Normally light travels in a straight line. However, it has been demonstrated that gravity can bend the path of light.


What is called ray of light?

light rays


In what direction does light travel?

It travels in straight lines, However light cannot pass through walls, such as sound.


Does light travel in circles?

No, light travels in straight lines known as rays. When light encounters obstacles or changes in medium, it can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed, appearing to change direction, but it does not travel in circles as a primary mode of motion.


How will you compare prism to raindrops?

Light is refracted and reflected by a (glass) prism Light is refracted and reflected by a raindrop


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 are the three rules of light?

Light travels in straight lines until it encounters a medium that causes it to bend. The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. Light can be reflected, refracted, absorbed, or transmitted when it interacts with different materials.


What makes a light ray?

A light ray is a narrow beam of light that travels in a straight line. It consists of electromagnetic radiation that can be described as a wave or a stream of particles called photons. Light rays can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed by different materials.


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.


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.

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