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When light enters a denser medium from a rarer medium, it slows down, causing it to bend towards the normal. As the light exits the denser medium into the rarer medium, it speeds up and bends away from the normal. This change in speed and direction is why refraction occurs in a prism.
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When the ray enters the prism glass to air does the refracted ray bend towards or away from the normal?
When a ray of light enters a prism from glass to air, it bends away from the normal. This is because light travels faster in air than in glass, causing the light ray to refract away from the normal as it exits the prism.
Which colour bends the most when white light is passed through a prism?
The violet colour will be refracted the most, it has a shorter wave length and a higher frequency. The red light will be refracted the least, with its longer wave length and lower frequency.
Which colour bends the least when light passes through prism?
The longer the wavelength the less the light will be 'bent' by a prism. Wavelengths get longer towards the red end of the spectrum.
Which diagram correctly shows the path of light through a glass prism?
Diagram B correctly shows the path of light through a glass prism. Light enters the prism, bends towards the base of the prism, then exits the prism and continues in a straight line.
What is an example of an everyday object that does works due to refracted light?
MIRROR
Which wavelength of visible light bends the most when refracted by a prism?
When light passes through a prism, the angle of deviation of any light beam is inversely proportional to its wavelengh. Since, violet color has least wave length, it bends the most and the red bends the least.Dhirender Sharma
When the ray enters the prism glass to air does the refracted ray bend towards or away from the normal?
When a ray of light enters a prism from glass to air, it bends away from the normal. This is because light travels faster in air than in glass, causing the light ray to refract away from the normal as it exits the prism.
How will you compare prism to raindrops?
Light is refracted and reflected by a (glass) prism Light is refracted and reflected by a raindrop
Which colour bends the most when white light is passed through a prism?
The violet colour will be refracted the most, it has a shorter wave length and a higher frequency. The red light will be refracted the least, with its longer wave length and lower frequency.
Which colour bends the least when light passes through prism?
The longer the wavelength the less the light will be 'bent' by a prism. Wavelengths get longer towards the red end of the spectrum.
How many times is a beam of light refracted when it passes through a triangular prism?
A beam of light is typically refracted twice when it passes through a triangular prism. The first refraction occurs as the light enters the prism and bends toward the normal due to the change in medium from air to glass. The second refraction happens when the light exits the prism, bending away from the normal as it moves from glass back into air.
Which diagram correctly shows the path of light through a glass prism?
Diagram B correctly shows the path of light through a glass prism. Light enters the prism, bends towards the base of the prism, then exits the prism and continues in a straight line.
What is an example of an everyday object that does works due to refracted light?
MIRROR
Why does in a prism light bend towards the base?
Light bends towards the base of a prism due to refraction, which occurs when light travels from one medium to another with a different optical density. As light enters the prism, it slows down and changes direction, causing it to bend towards the base. This bending of light rays allows prisms to separate white light into different colors.
What colour is refracted most by a prism?
Violet light is refracted the most by a prism, followed by blue, green, yellow, orange, and red. This dispersion of light creates a rainbow effect when white light passes through a prism.
When you look through a prism you don't see what is directly in front of you why?
because the prism bends the light
Where do the different colors come from when light is refracted trough a prism?
When white light enters a prism, it is made up of different colors with varying wavelengths. As the light passes through the prism, each color bends at a different angle due to refraction, causing them to separate. This separation is what creates the rainbow spectrum of colors that we see.
