Which of the following provides the best explanation of what is shown in the image below? Cooler air near the surface of the roadway reflects light to the viewer. Warmer air near the surface of the roadway reflects light to the viewer. Light is reflected from a calm body of water on the road-way.
Applications Of Reflection Of Light
When a light ray (termed as the incident ray) hits a surface and bounces back (forms a reflected ray), the process of reflection of light has taken place.
Sign Convention for Mirrors
A mirror is made of glass that is coated with a metal amalgam on one side due to which the light ray incident on the surface undergoes reflection and not refraction.
Which of the following provides the best explanation of what is shown in the image below?
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Cooler air near the surface of the roadway reflects light to the viewer. |
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Warmer air near the surface of the roadway reflects light to the viewer. |
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Light is reflected from a calm body of water on the road-way. |
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Cooler air near the surface of the roadway refracts light to the viewer. |
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Warmer air near the surface of the roadway refracts light to the viewer. |
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None of the other options are correct. |
Total internal reflection
When light passes from denser to rarer and angle of incidence is greater than critical angle light is reflected back in the same medium this phenomenon is called Total internal reflection
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