Question

Mr. Mann's students were studying the properties of light in science class. He told them to put a pencil in a beaker of water, make observations, and then draw what they observed. One group drew the picture seen here. Mr. Mann explained that when light passes from air into the water, the light waves bend, or ___________, and the pencil appears to be broken.
A) diffract
B) reflect
C) refract
D) transact

Answer 1

C) refract

Explanation:

When light passes from air into water, the light waves will bend or they refract and the pencil will appear to be broken.

In normal space, light travels along a straight path with no alteration of the path along which it travels.

• When light crosses the boundary from a denser to a less dense medium, it is refracted.
• Refraction implies that the angle of the light is bent.
• This is because the new medium causes the light rays to slow down compared to the speed it was coming forth with.

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