A light traveling from a first to a second medium is bent because   (a) they have different indexes of refraction   (b) they have different colors   (c) they both have the same index of refraction   (d) the second medium has the same density as the first

Q: The dispersion of light into its component colors by a prism is due to __________. Select one: a.…

A: When light is passed through a prism, the light splits into different colours and this process of…

Q: A monochromatic light ray is incident at an angle of 45° on a prism of angle 30° and of refractive…

A: Given The angle of incident is i=45°. The angle of the prism is A=30°. The refractive index is…

Q: There is invariably a phase shift when light reflects from a surface such that the index of…

A: Answer:) option(d) < index of the material beyond the reflecting surface

Q: An incident ray has an angle of 25 degrees when it bounces off of a reflecting surface. What is the…

A: Incident angle at the reflecting surface = 25 degree   To find : the angle of reflected ray

Q: The wavelength of a light wave in air is 720 nm. Is the wavelength of this wave higher, lower, or…

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Q: Light travels from air (n1=1.0003) to glycerin (n2=1.47). If the angle of incidence is 45.0 degrees…

A: Given light is travelling from air to glycerin         Refractive index of air   n1=1.0003…

Q: The movement of light waves that come into contact with each other is called O A. Rectilinear…

A: C. Interference

Q: A beam of light in air enters a glass slab with an index of refraction of 1.40 at an angle of…

A: Given  Index of refraction of glass = 1.4 Angle of incidence = 30 degrees To find out  The angle of…

Q: 4) A light ray in air (wavelength 450 nanometers) traveling vertically down strikes a glass prism as…

A: Since we only answer up to 3 sub-parts, we’ll answer the first 3. Please resubmit the question and…

Q: The laws of refraction and reflection are the same for sound as for light. The speed of sound in air…

A: Use Snell's law sinθisinθr=vairvw

Q: Light is traveling through ethyl alcohol and the incident upon a diamond at an angle of 70° with…

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Q: A prism spectrograph uses a triangular piece of glass to spread light out into its component colors.…

A: Dispersion phenomena is used in prism spectrograph.

Q: Light travels from air into water. If the light enters the water at a 36 degree angle, what is the…

A: Given data :  Angle of incident (i) = 36° Index of air (na) = 1 Index of water (nw) = 1.33 Angle of…

Q: The speed of light in a particular type of glass is 1.49  108 m/s. What is the index of refraction…

A: Given information: The speed of the light in the glass (v) = 1.49 ×108 m/s The actual speed of light…

Q: A ray of light is incident normally on one of the faces of a prism of index of refraction n = 1.49.…

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Q: Light has a wavelength of 361.3 nm and a frequency of 6.902 × 1014 Hz when traveling through a…

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Q: The speed of light in a diamond is 12.44 million m / s, so the diamond's refractive index is *

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Q: Light is passing through two media with the first medium having n = 1.5 and the second medium with…

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Q: A light beam from a medium of refractive index 1 is incident normally on the vertical face of the…

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Q: The speed of light in plastic is 1.8 x 106 m/s. When light in air is incident onto plastic at 34…

A: Speed of light in plastic , v = 1.8 x 108 m/s Angle of incidence , θ1 = 34° To find = Angle of…

Q: Light traveling in air is incident onto liquid at 67 degrees. If the refracted angle is 41 degrees,…

A: angle of incidence ( i ) = 67°angle of refraction ( r ) = 41°    Then, refractive index=sin i sin r

Q: A beam of light is emitted 9.8 cm beneath the surface of a liquid and strikes the air surface 7.4 cm…

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Q: When light travels from a fast medium to a slower medium, the reflected ray a.changes phase by λ/3…

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Q: When a light wave enters into a medium of different refractive index, A) its speed, frequency, and…

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Q: The index of refraction of diamond is 2.42. By definition, this means that a given wavelength of…

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Q: The index of refraction of glass is 1.55. The speed of light in the glass A. is the same as in the…

A: Given data:  The index of refraction of glass is nglass  = 1.55

Q: If f is the frequency and c is the velocity of light in vacuum, v is the velocity of light in a…

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Q: When light’s speed is reduced as the light traverses a medium, this is responsible for A) refraction…

A: When light travel from one medium to another medium speed of light will change  When light travel…

Q: The speed of light in a vacuum is 3 x 108 m/s. 108 m/s. The speed of light within a particular…

A: Answer:- Refractive index = 1.5 Given  Speed of light in vacuum (V1) = 3 × 108m/s  Speed of light in…

Q: When light passes from one medium to another, this phenomenon of change in its direction is called…

A: When a ray of light passes from one medium to another, the path of light changes.

Q: Light has a wavelength of 396.3 nm and a frequency of 4.551 × 1014 Hz when traveling through a…

A: The formula for the velocity of the light in the medium in terms of its frequency is:

Q: Which of the following is the ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum and its velocity in a given…

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Q: The absolute refractive index of any medium is always: A) more than one B) 0 C) 1 D) less than one

A: The absolute refractive index of any medium with refractive index n is given by : n=cv Where c is…

Q: If a light ray travel in a medium at a speed equal to half of the speed of light, then the…

A: V1 = 3*10^(8) m/s  Noe..V2 =V1/2 = 1.5*10^(8) m/s  Now...n= refractive index.

Q: When light passing through a prism undergoes dispersion, the effect is a result of: a. different…

A: The correct answer is option (d) i.e. All of the above options are correct

Q: In a piece of glass, does the index of refraction depend on the wavelength of the incoming light? a.…

A: Solution: Given data, Refractive Index :It gives the light bending ability of medium.

Q: The direction that a light wave bends once it enters the refracted medium depends on a. The index of…

A: The direction that a light wave bends once it enters the refracted medium depends on  The angle of…

Q: When light travels from air into water, which of the following statements is accurate?  a. The…

A: The light wave follows the following equation, c=fλ where c= speed of light, f= frequency, and…

Q: The wavelengths for the light of red and blue colours are distinctly different. In this context,…

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Q: The condition for total internal reflection phenomenon of light is a. light should travel from dense…

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Q: are given a material with an index of refraction of 1.8. This means that light travels O 1.8 times…

A: we know that refractive index n                       = speed of light in vacuum / speed of light in…

Q: The bending of light when it passes around a corner or a slit is due to ______. A) reflection…

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Q: As a light ray travels from vacuum (n = 1) to a medium where refractive index gradually increases,…

A: Required :  Which properties will decrease

Q: A beam of light passes through a .3 block of glass 10.0 cm thick, then through water for a distance…

A: Given Thicknesses, 1st glass, d1=10.0 cm=0.1 m Water, d2=30.5 cm=0.305m 2nd glass, d2=5.0 cm=0.05 m…

Q: The phenomenon of change in direction of light when it passes from one medium to another is called…

A: When the light passes from one medium to another, the path of ray is changed, this phenomenon is…