Question

What name is given to the bending of light when it travels from one
a
material into another?
Does the ray bend towards the normal or away from the normal wnenn
b
it enters glass from air?
State how a ray of light can travel from air into glass without bending
Illustrate your answer with a diagram.
d Draw a diagram to show howa ray of light bends when it travels irom
glass into air.
11.4 WVhen white light passes through a prism, it is split up into a spectrum of
different colours.
What name is given to the forming of a spectrum by a prism?
Which colour of the spectrum is refracted most by a prism?
b
C Which colour lies between yellow and blue in the spectrum of white light
C
A student shines a mixture of red and blue light onto a blue toy car.
d
What colour will the car appear to have? Explain your answer.
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Answer 1

Answer:

it is called refraction of light

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

answer 1

Refraction is the bending of the path of a light wave as it passes from one material into another material.

answer 2

Refraction is the bending of light (it also happens with sound, water and other waves) as it passes from one transparent substance into another.