Engineering Board Exam Reviewer · Physics · easy

The bending of light as it passes from one medium to another is called:

1. Reflection
2. Diffraction
3. Refraction
4. Polarization

Answer

C. Refraction

Solution

Snell's law: n1 1 = n2 2.

More Physics questions

1. The range of frequencies audible to the normal human ear is approximately:
2. The pitch of a sound is determined by its:
3. The loudness of sound is most closely related to its:
4. The apparent change in frequency due to relative motion between a source and an observer is called the:
5. The speed of sound in air at about 20 °C is approximately:
6. A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of wave propagation is a:
7. The period of a simple pendulum (small oscillations) depends on:
8. Simple harmonic motion occurs when the restoring force is:
9. The value of the universal gravitational constant G is approximately:
10. Kepler's third law states that the square of a planet's orbital period is proportional to:

All Physics Reviewer questions