Question

What happens when a sound wave passes from oil into air? A. the sound wave slows down and bounces back B. the sound wave slows down and bends C. the sound wave speeds up and bounces back D. the sound wave speeds up and bends

Answer 1

Oil is optically denser than water. When sound/light goes from optically denser medium to optically rarer medium, their velocity increase and they moves away for normal.

Appropriate Answer:

The sound wave speeds up and bends

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As, In optics we learnt that light undergoes refraction when travels from medium of different densities. Similarly, Sound also follows the law of refraction.

• It is due to the change of speed of water in different mediums, This makes it speed up or down depending upon the medium and their densities.

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