explain one application of refraction of light that occurs in nature in your own words
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Explanation:
Laws of Refraction of Light
Laws of refraction state that:
The incident ray refracted ray, and the normal to the interface of two media at the point of incidence all lie on the same plane.
The ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction is a constant. This is also known as Snell’s law of refraction.
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Watch the video below to understand the process of refraction in detail
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What is Refractive Index?
The refractive index, also called the index of refraction, describes how fast light travels through the material.
The refractive Index is dimensionless. For a given material, the refractive index is the ratio between the speed of light in a vacuum (c) and the speed of light in the medium (v). If the refractive index for a medium is represented by n, then it is given by the following formula:
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Based on the refractive index of the medium, the light ray changes its direction, or it bends at the junction separating the two media. If the light ray travels from a medium to another of a higher refractive index, it bends towards the normal, else it bends away from the normal.
Answer:
Refraction is the bending of light (it also happens with sound, water and other waves) as it passes from one transparent substance into another. This bending by refraction makes it possible for us to have lenses, magnifying glasses, prisms and rainbows. Even our eyes depend upon this bending of light.