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This is due to apparent shift in the position of pencil when viewed from a rarer to denser medium. This is also on account of refraction of light.

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Why does a pencil bend in a cup of water?

The pencil doesn't bend. The light, when it passes into or out of water, changes direction slightly. also it's refracted it looks bigger and bent but light changes the direction that's way it looks bent and bigger also our eyes see it differently.


Refraction makes a ruler in a cup of warter look broken?

When light passes from air into water, it changes speed and direction due to differences in optical density, resulting in refraction. This change in direction can make objects appear bent or broken when viewed through a transparent medium like water. In reality, the ruler remains intact but is visually distorted due to the refraction of light.


Why the coin was seen when water is poured into the transparent cup?

When water is poured into a transparent cup with a coin at the bottom, the light gets refracted as it passes through the water and into the air, causing the coin to appear raised and no longer hidden by the water. This phenomenon is called refraction and it makes the coin visible even though it's at the bottom of the cup.


Why can you see the coin once water has been added to the cup?

When water is added to the cup, it refracts light in a way that causes the coin to appear shifted from its original position due to the bending of light rays. This phenomenon is called refraction. As a result, the coin becomes visible even though it is actually submerged below the water's surface.


What is heavier bottle of water or cup of water?

A cup of sand, sand sinks in water, thus its heavier.

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Why does a pencil bend in a cup of water?

The pencil doesn't bend. The light, when it passes into or out of water, changes direction slightly. also it's refracted it looks bigger and bent but light changes the direction that's way it looks bent and bigger also our eyes see it differently.


What is difraction?

when something looks bent when you put a straw in a cup of water and it looks bent that is difraction


How do you make music out of water?

Pouring water into a cup and striking it with a pencil can form music. The sounds that are heard depend on the water level in the cup.


What optical illusion is created by putting a pencil into a clear cup of water?

it bends the light, making the pencil seem a different length


What kind of pencil cup is best?

A tall porcelain stein makes a great pencil cup.


What condition is pencil in a cup?

A pencil in a cup is in a state of rest or equilibrium, depending on how it is positioned inside the cup. If the pencil is perpendicular to the ground and touching the bottom of the cup, it is likely stable and at rest.


What happens to the straw placed in plastic cup full of water?

straw seems at above from the bottom and seems to be broken because water bent the rays of light as the light leaves the water it is bent or refracted from its usual straight line.


What is another word for a pencil holder?

A cup...


Do you use baking Powder to make a crystal?

what you need is a cup pot small or big food die pencil and string 1.take the pot fill it with water an some salt turn the butten five 2. after it boils take it and let it cool then poor some in a cup and add food die any coler 3. tie the string to the pencil and put it over the cup the pencil does not go in the cup 4.thats all hope you have fun


What is a cylinder shape in your classroom?

cup,unsharpened pencil


Refraction makes a ruler in a cup of warter look broken?

When light passes from air into water, it changes speed and direction due to differences in optical density, resulting in refraction. This change in direction can make objects appear bent or broken when viewed through a transparent medium like water. In reality, the ruler remains intact but is visually distorted due to the refraction of light.


How do you make smencils?

To make smencils, you will need: Recycled Newspaper A pencil (OF COURSE) A cup of water a plastic plate or steel a lime, lemon, or orange Scissors 1. Cut out the newspaper into a medium sized piece, 2. Wrap the newspaper around the pencil. 3. Mix the water with the lemon juice. 4. Let the pencil soak in the water with the juice for some 2-3 hours. 5. Take out the pencil and put it on a plate. 6. Wait till all the newspaper is dry. TADA! You know have a scented pencil.