Refraction of Light

Which of the following factors change when light refracts?

• Frequency only

• Wavelength only

• Speed and frequency

• Wavelength and speed

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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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The diagram below shows a ray of monochromatic light incident on a boundary between air and glass. Which of the letters represent the path after it strikes the glass?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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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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What happens to light in a prism

• The light is refracted.

• The light is reflected

• The light is absorbed

• The light does not change at all.

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A student placed a pencil in a cup of water.  The pencil appears broken because light-

• always travels in a straight line

• bends when it passes through water

• makes the water in the glass evaporate

• reflects the pencil on the water's surface

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the bending of light

• refraction

• reflection

• absorption

• transparent

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Why does the lower part of the child appear so much different in size from the upper part?

• The light rays that travel through water and then into air are refracted.

• The light rays that travel through water and then into air are enlarged.

• The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reflected.

• The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reduced.

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Refraction is when light...

• Bounces

• Transmits

• Bends

• Absorbs

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Which of the following phenomena is responsible for the apparent bending of a straw when it is placed in a glass of water?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Dispersion

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