Light bends at corners due to the phenomenon of refraction, where the speed of light changes as it moves from one medium to another with a different optical density. This change in speed causes the light ray to change direction, making it appear as though the light is "bending" at the corner.
Actually, that is a great question. I was just doing my homework when that question popped up. In fact, light does not bend. Have you ever seen light travel around a corner? Or under a table? Or through a closed door? Sound, on the other hand, is not like light. Notice that when you pass a corner, go under a table, or close a door, you can still hear whatever noise is happening in your area.
Light with longer wavelengths, such as red or infrared light, diffracts more around the corner of a solid barrier due to their larger wavelengths enabling them to bend more around obstacles. Shorter wavelength light, such as blue or ultraviolet light, diffracts less in comparison.
Light can bend when it passes through different mediums with varying densities, such as air and water. This bending of light is called refraction. Additionally, light can also bend in the presence of gravitational fields, a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing.
Red light rays will bend the least when entering a drop of water, as red light has the longest wavelength of the visible light spectrum. Blue light rays will bend the most, as they have the shortest wavelength. Green light rays will bend somewhere in between red and blue.
Yes, light can bend as it passes through materials with different optical densities, a phenomenon known as refraction. This bending of light occurs due to the change in speed of light as it transitions from one medium to another.
The trick behind this is that light is photons, which are massless.
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DOGLEG Hairpin bend.
Actually, that is a great question. I was just doing my homework when that question popped up. In fact, light does not bend. Have you ever seen light travel around a corner? Or under a table? Or through a closed door? Sound, on the other hand, is not like light. Notice that when you pass a corner, go under a table, or close a door, you can still hear whatever noise is happening in your area.
True. A line segment is a straight path connecting two points, and therefore cannot have a corner or bend in it.
Light with longer wavelengths, such as red or infrared light, diffracts more around the corner of a solid barrier due to their larger wavelengths enabling them to bend more around obstacles. Shorter wavelength light, such as blue or ultraviolet light, diffracts less in comparison.
No. Water droplets bend light to make rainbows.
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no , and its not calld 'bend' its called 'reflected' but its like bend but ITS NOT :)
Light does not bend.