Choose the BEST answer to the following:Colors in a soap bubble result from light (a) converted to a different frequency. (b) deflection. (c) subtracted from incident light. (d) amplification.

Q: What are the two laws and examples of refraction of light?

A: The two laws followed by a beam of light traversing through two media are: The incident ray…

Q: If light has a lot of energy, it will have

A: GIVEN: Light has energy

Q: In a movie theater, you can see the beam of projected light.What phenomenon does this exemplify? Why…

A: Tyndall effect is a phenomenon by which scattering of light occurs in a colloid. The given examples…

Q: O 9. Oscar Is a scientist who studies optics. Which of the following topics might Oscar study? O…

A: As Oscar studies optics, so oscar might study. Geometrical optics or ray optics Wave optics -wave…

Q: We readily note the bending of light by reflection and refraction, but why are we not aware of the…

A: Given:  bending of light

Q: Why can sunlight that illuminates Earth be approximated by plane waves, whereas the light from a…

A: Explanation:

Q: Can you make a shock wave of light by breaking the light barrier just like supersonic airplanes…

A: The airplane can break the sound barrier when it have the effective velocity greater than the…

Q: What happens to a light ray when it travels from one material into a thicker (denser) material? Into…

A: Light waves change speed when they pass across the boundary between two substances with a different…

Q: In a light wave, the electric field and magnetic field are to each other.

A:

Q: The bending of light as it passes into a different medium is an example of:

A: Answer:  Refraction

Q: According to Sir Isaac Newton, light:

A: Newton given a theory to explain nature of light called corpuscular theory

Q: What about diffraction of light?

A: Diffraction is a result of superposition of two different Secondary wavelets coming from different…

Q: How far does light travel?

A:

Q: If ether does not exist, in what medium does the light travel. What vibrates in light waves?

A: From Michelson-Morley experiment, it was concluded that ether doesn’t exist. Light waves are…

Q: What happens to a ray of light when it passes through a lens?

A: Lens can converge or diverge light.

Q: When a light beam approaches you, its frequency is greater and its wavelength less. Does this…

A: Given: frequency and wavelength

Q: Light moving from a high index of refraction to a lower index bends TOWARD the normal. true or false

A: Let, the higher index of refraction be denoted as 'n1' , lower refractive index be denoted as 'n1' ,…

Q: Light travels faster in    options:   dense air.   same in each.   vacuum   thin air.

A: Answer - Light travels faster in vacuum

Q: How do objects appear when all of the colors of light are absorbed? Reflected? Selectively absorbed?

A: Light provides sensation to eyes so we see objects around. When light falls on an object, 3 things…

Q: A friend says, in a profound tone, that light is the only thing we can see. Is your friend correct?

A: In the electromagnetic spectrum, we can only see the frequencies which lie in the visible range.

Q: The violet light is bent more than red light. Why?

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Q: What is refraction? kindly answer it on your own understanding.

A: Answer:-  Refraction:- The change in direction of a wave passing from one medium to another medium…

Q: _________ reveals that light is a transverse wave rather than a longitudinal wave like sound.

A:

Q: Red light is (higher, lower) in frequency than violetlight.

A: Wavelength of red light  Wavelength of violet light

Q: The bending of a light wave because of a change invelocity is called ___________.

A: Refraction: - When light is passed from medium 1 to medium 2 the, bending of light occurs due to a…

Q: Which characteristic of light remains unchanged when it travels from vacuum to some medium?

A: The velocity and wavelength changes as the medium changes. The frequency remains constant if the…

Q: In general, larger wavelengths tend to diffract more than smaller wavelengths

A: The amount of diffraction depends on the wavelength of light, with shorter wavelengths being…

Q: Suppose a light wave and a sound wave have the same frequency. Which has the longer wavelength?

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Q: What is meant by power of a lens?

A: The power of lens tells about the bending of rays of light when it passes through the lens.

Q: When does a light beam have only a single frequency?

A: A light beam can never have only one frequency even a photon never has only one frequency. These…

Q: If you fire a bullet through a board, it will slow down inside and emerge at a speed that is less…

A: No, light does not slow down when it passes through glass and emerges at a slower speed. When a…

Q: Were you able to infer the literary meaning of the word " light"?

A: The quanta of light is Photon. So, we can say that " Light is the wave of photon".

Q: Which of the following scientists supported a wave-like theory of light? (select all that apply)…

A: Which of the following scientists supported a wave-like theory of light?

Q: Will light change direction toward or away from the perpendicular when it goes from air to water?…

A: The light bends away from the normal when light is incidented from a denser medium to a rarer medium…

Q: When white light is separated into its colors by a glass prism, blue light is bent at the greatest…

A: The light which have more wavelength will scatter less and will have less dispersion. When white…

Q: The sound coming from one tuning fork can force another to vibrate. What is the analogous effect for…

A: For an incident light wave on a material, the frequency of some constituent color matches the…