Bending Light

Light bending as it passes from one medium (object) to another is...

• Refraction
• Reflection

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What form does light travel in?

• Curved line
• Zig-Zag
• Straight Line

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What causes light to appear refracted?

• temperature
• speed
• weather
• climate

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According to Willebord Snell, light passing from air to glass will cause the light to

• maintain its original speed 
• accelerate while it is in glass
• increase its speed
• reduce its speed

The velocity of light in vacuum is _______ ms^(-1)

• 3x10⁸
• 3x10¹²
• 3x10⁶
• 3x10¹⁰

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How does light behave as it enters these mediums?

• continue its path as straight line.
• bends toward the normal
• bends away from the normal
• reflects

Light changes speed as it travels through various mediums.  What are examples of mediums that light can travel through.

• snow and ice
• air and water
• cloth and wood
• glass and wood

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Swimming pools and the ocean look _______ than they really are due to refraction

• deeper

• shallower

• wider

• darker

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Which of the following factors change when light refracts?

• Frequency only

• Wavelength only

• Speed and frequency

• Wavelength and speed

What happens to the speed and frequency of a light ray when it passes from air into water?

• The speed decreases and the frequency increases

• The speed decreases and the frequency remains the same

• The speed increases and the frequency increases

• The speed increases and the frequency remains the same

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