What is refraction?

Q: What is diffraction?

A: Given:  diffraction

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

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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: What is the relationship between the angle of incidence and angle of refraction?

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

A: Explanation:

Q: How does reflection lead to the formation of images?

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Q: What is interference?

A: When two Coherent source of light superimposes to give a single modified wave. Coherent sources…

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: What do the electrons affected by illumination do when they are made to vibrate with greater energy?

A: When electrons of anatomare illuminated with incident photon energy, They begin to oscillate. If…

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

A: Answer:  Refraction

Q: What about diffraction of light?

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

Q: What is the color of visible light of the lowest frequencies? Of the highest frequencies?

A: Given:  visible light

Q: what are the three laws of refraction?

A: Given: what are the three laws of refraction

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: What is the image formed by a diverging lens? Converging lens?

A: We have to write the image produced by the converging lens and diverging lens

Q: What makes a rainbow curved?

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Q: What is mirage?

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

Q: Why light is refracted when enter from one medium to another medium?

A: To determine:      Why light is refracted when enter from one medium to another medium?

Q: Where does color come from?

A: Color is linked exactly with the electromagnetic radiation of certain range of wavelength visible to…

Q: State the law of reflection?

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

Q: What is the color of visible light of the highest frequencies?

A: When the oscillations are faster, the frequency is high. Thus the energy is also high. Therefore,…

Q: What is refraction? Under what circumstances does it occur?

A: Refraction is the optical phenomenon of light which comes into picture when the light starts…

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

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Q: What is the visible result of refraction?

A: Refraction: It is the bending of light as it passes from one transparent substance into another.…

Q: What is Atmospheric Refraction?

A: The refraction of light by the Earth’s atmosphere is known as atmospheric refraction. Atmospheric…

Q: Distinguish between reflection and refraction.

A: Reflection of light happens when light from one medium falls on the surface of another medium and…

Q: Differentiate between a ray and a wave front.

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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: What is irregular reflection?

A: Given;   Define irregular reflection.   Given an example of it.

Q: what occurs when white light is refracted into the different wavelengths of colour it contains.

A: When light passes through a prism or any other material, it gets split up into different wavelength…

Q: Does the speed of light in glass depend on wavelength?

A: The speed of light in glass medium depends on wavelength.

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: Blue skies and red sunsets are due to _______________. a. Mie scattering b. Rayleigh scattering c.…

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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: