Which characteristic of light remains unchanged when it travels from vacuum to some medium?

Q: Which one of the following colors of visible light has the highest frequency? Yellow. Red. Green.…

A: The visible light spectrum arranged in the order of increasing frequency is given by…

Q: When sunlight enters the earth's atmosphere, state which color of light is scattered (i) the most…

A: When sunlight enters the earth’s atmosphere, violet colour is scattered the most and red the least…

Q: What evidence can you cite to support the claim that the frequency of light does not change upon…

A: When you stand in front of a mirror and compare the color of the jacket with the color of its image,…

Q: From the data shown in the image, the value of Oc is:

A: given θt=300. n0 =1 n1 =1.49 where n0 and n1  are refractive index of media. according to snells…

Q: Why does light change direction when passing from one material (medium) to another?

A: As the ray of light passes from one medium to another, the path of ray of light is deviated.

Q: Light is incident on a heavy glass slab of refractive index 1.6. The speed of light in the glass is…

A: Formula of speed of light in any medium is as follows; v=cη…

Q: The intensity of the refracted ray when light travels from an optically denser medium to a less…

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Q: When white light reflects off of a green surface, which of the following occurs? Only the green…

A: Let's check each option one by one  1. Only the green wavelengths of light are absorbed. This option…

Q: What is the speed of light traveling from air to a medium of refractive index n=1.5? (Speed of light…

A: Given data:  Refractive index of medium (n) = 1.5 Speed of light in vacuum (c) = 3.0×108 m/s…

Q: Why should the wavelength, but not the frequency, of the light change in passing from one material…

A: Wavelength: The distance over which a periodic wave's shape repeats is known as the wavelength in…

Q: When light travels from medium X to medium Y as shown: X Y both the speed and the frequency decrease…

A: Frequency always remains constant for a light irrespective of medium.

Q: Sunlight and star light passing into and through the earth’s atmosphere is always bent towards the…

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Q: Why does water make a shirt darker?

A: Transparency: When an object is placed in the sight of an eye and a person is still be able to see…

Q: Why would you expect the speed of light to be slightly less in the atmosphere than in a vacuum?

A: The refractive index of vacuum is 1 and that of air is 1.003. The equation for speed of light in a…

Q: Examine the picture of tree leaves below: Which description best explains the distortion of color at…

A: Correct option among the given statements.

Q: The fraction of nonreflected radiation that is transmitted through a 5-mm thickness of a transparent…

A: In this problem, we are asked to calculate the fraction of non-reflected light transmitted through a…

Q: When a beam of light exits water it "speeds up". What happens to the angle of refraction?

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Q: What is the speed of X-rays in vacuum?

A: Vibrating electric field sand magnetic fields together creates electromagnetic waves.

Q: How far does light travel in one year? [This distance is known as a light-year (ly) and is used in…

A: The speed with which Light travels=3×108 m/s Time=1 year   = 1 year= 365 days= 365×24 hrs= 365×24×60…

Q: If a beam of light has a frequency of 5.04 E 14, what is its wavelength?

A: Frequency of light (f)=5.04×1014Hzspeed of light(c)= 3×108m/s

Q: The wavelength of a certain light in air and in a medium is 4560 Å and 3648 Å respectively. Compare…

A: Let va and vm be the speeds of light in air and inn the medium respectively and let λa and λm be the…

Q: A prism can split light up into its colors because the speed of the different colors of light in…

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Q: Light acts like a ----------- because it can be described as having a frequency and a wavelength,…

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Q: The wavelength of visible light is from, O 400 m to 700 m O 400 km to 700 km O 400 cm to 700 cm O…

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Q: What would you expect the speed of light to be slightly less in atmosphere than in a vacuum?

A: Light is electromagnetic wave. So, they travel at 299,792,458 metres per second (approximately 3 x…

Q: How long will it take, for the sunlight to reach the earth surface, if the sun is 1.497 x 101'm away…

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Q: The velocity of light in glass is 2 x 10° m/s. If refractive index of glass with respect to water is…

A: To find-Velocity of light in water (Cw)=?Given-Velocity of light in glass (Cg)=2×108 m/sRefractive…

Q: Name two dangers of visible light?

A: The visible light is a part of electromagnetic radiation. The wavelength range is 400 nm to 700 nm.…

Q: The figure shows the orientation of a rectangular loop consisting of 78 closely wrapped turns each…

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Q: The speed of light in a vacuum is 3 x 108 m/s. What is the ratio of its speed in water (n = 1.33)…

A: Write the expression for the speed in water.