Is a mirage the result of reflection or refraction?

Q: Does the refraction of light make a swimming pool seem deeper or shallower?

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Q: When does light not refract upon entering a different medium?

A: refraction of light

Q: Can you see a rainbow at night?

A: When the sunlight being reflected and refracted inside raindrops the rainbow is formed. Thus, it is…

Q: hat is the cause of dispersion of white light as it passes through a prism?

A: Dispersion occurs due to the different degrees of refraction experienced by different colours of…

Q: What is reflection?

A: Reflection can be defiend in many ways:1. Reflection is a phenomena in which rays of light (or waves…

Q: What is the cause of refraction?

A: The reason for refraction is change in speed while entering from one medium to another medium.

Q: What evidence can you cite to support the claim that the frequency of light does not change upon…

A: When you stand in front of a mirror and compare the color of the jacket with the color of its image,…

Q: What is the difference between reflection and refraction?

A: Difference between Reflection and refraction is given below :

Q: When light passes from air to glass, how is the angle of incidence related to the angle of…

A: as we know, By Snell's law, for light passing through air to glass,       sin(i)sin(r)=μ2μ1,…

Q: What is law of reflection?

A: According to the law of reflection, the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of refraction when…

Q: How is the law of reflection and refraction applied in health science?

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Q: What is a refractive mirror?

A: The process of bending of light while travelling from one medium to another is called refraction .

Q: What accounts for the light and dark bands produced when monochromatic light reflects from a glass…

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Q: why does water appears to be cyan in colour?

A: Scattering is defined as the atoms or molecules which are exposed to light absorb light energy and…

Q: How does light react when it stuck transparent object?

A: When light stuck transparent material like air, water, clear glass. A maximum amount of light is…

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

A: Answer:  Refraction

Q: By what factor does the wavelength of light change when it passes from air to ice?

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Q: How does the average speed of light in glass compare with its speed in a vacuum?

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Q: What color does red cloth appear to be when illuminated by sunlight?

A: It is known that the white light from the sun is a combination of seven different lights with…

Q: What happens if two light waves with the same amplitude interfere?

A: What happens if two light waves with the same amplitude interfere?

Q: How is reflection of light evident in nature?

A: Given: How is reflection of light evident in nature?

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: How is mirage formed?

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Q: Why does light bend when it passes through different materials?

A: When light ray travels from one medium to another, its speed either increase or decrease this change…

Q: The lens nearest the viewer’s eye is called the________.

A: The lens nearest the viewer’s eye is called the Eyepiece . An eyepiece is the lens which is…

Q: what colour light is transmitted through a piece of red glass?

A: When white light passes through the piece of red glass. Green and blue light is absorbed by the…

Q: What is refraction?

A: What is refraction?

Q: What is mirage?

A: Mirage is an optical illusion commonly occur in deserts and hot roads. It is caused by refraction of…

Q: State the law of reflection?

A: Figure.1 shows the case of a reflection.

Q: Glass has a refractive index of 1.5. How fast does light move through it

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Q: Give practical applications of total internal reflection?

A: To explain: Practical applications of total internal reflection.

Q: Will any light leave the top surface of the prism?

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Q: Why does light bend when it passes thru different materials?

A: According to question: Light bends only in a medium, i.e light bends as a consequence of interacting…

Q: what happens to light when it falls upon a material that has natural frequency above or below to…

A: Light will get reflected back to the same medium when the frequency of light is lower or higher than…

Q: Is the speed of light in glass independent of the colour of light? If not, which of the two colours…

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Q: Which has the greatest energy among the color in a rainbow

A: Rainbow has seven colors which are : violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red Energy is…

Q: A ray of light passes from glass to water.

A: (i)  Using Snell's law ng Sin i = nw Sin r 1.52 X Sin 35 = 1.33 X Sin r 0.655159 = Sin r Sin-1…

Q: Which color has the greater speed in glass?

A: The wavelength of violet light is shortest and it bend the most. And the wavelength of red color is…

Q: The minimum value of the refractive index is: zero 1 less than 1 but not…

A: To find the minimum value of the refractive index.

Q: What is total internal reflection?

A: We know that light moves from material that has a higher index of the material to a lower index of…

Dispersion of White Light

Snell’s law is a formula that gives a relation between the angle of incidence and angle of refraction and is given as: