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Caused by light refraction in the atmosphere?
Mirage is a good example which is seen due to refraction of light and especially due to total internal reflection. ============================ A semi-opposing opinion: No reflection is required for the creation of a mirage, only refraction. ============================= Hope you might have heard about the conditions for total internal relection to take place. 1) Ray has to traverse from denser to rarer 2) the angle of incidence is to be more than critical angle of the denser medium So in such a case the refraction phenomenon cannot take place and so all the energy to be refracted is sent back to the denser medium itself. Hence named as total internal reflection. Of course total internal reflection is totally different from ordinary reflection.
2 similarities between reflection and refraction?
Refraction is when light slightly bends because glass or water is in the way. This makes the object look bent or crooked. For example when you put a straw in a glass of water, the straw looks as if it were bent, but it really isn't. Reflection is when the light particles of an object bounce off of another object showing the same image. You can't see your reflection on all objects though.
What is the difference between light reflection and light refraction?
In color? The reflected light is the color in the visible spectrum that you see, the absorbed colors are not seen.Improved Answer:Reflection occurs when light hits a smooth, shiny surface; where as, absorption takes places when light hits a rough surface which absorbs the light.
What is the degree of light refraction during close vision?
During close vision, the degree of light refraction increases as the eye accommodates to focus on near objects. The ciliary muscles contract to increase the curvature of the lens, allowing for better focus on nearby objects.
Sonar machines rely on which property of sound waves?
Sonar machines rely on the property of sound waves that allows them to bounce off objects and return to the source, a phenomenon known as echo. By calculating the time it takes for the sound wave to bounce back, sonar machines can determine the distance and location of objects underwater.
What characteristic of light to see objects?
absorption
What processes produce the different colors you see in opaque objects?
absorption and reflection of different wavelengths of light
What are refractive and reflective?
refraction is the bending of light rays when they pass through an object reflection is the light energy that bounces off objects
Which is more important refraction or reflection?
Possibly reflection inasmuch as most of us use mirrors everyday for grooming ourselves. However, without refraction microscopes and the study of most disease organisms would have been much more difficult, and without refraction we would not have the pleasure of television and other uses of camera lenses.
How does reflection and absorption play a role in your ability to see?
Reflection occurs when light bounces off an object and into your eyes, allowing you to see the object. Absorption happens when light is absorbed by an object, preventing it from reaching your eyes. Both processes are important for how we perceive and see objects in the environment.
What does refraction and reflection have to do with mirages?
Actually it is refraction process and specifically indentified as total internal reflection. The condition for total reflection is that the ray has to traverse from denser medium to the rarer medium and the angle of incidence has to be more than the critical angle.
Objects that transmit light easily are?
TRANSPARENT :) it means see through
Caused by light refraction in the atmosphere?
Mirage is a good example which is seen due to refraction of light and especially due to total internal reflection. ============================ A semi-opposing opinion: No reflection is required for the creation of a mirage, only refraction. ============================= Hope you might have heard about the conditions for total internal relection to take place. 1) Ray has to traverse from denser to rarer 2) the angle of incidence is to be more than critical angle of the denser medium So in such a case the refraction phenomenon cannot take place and so all the energy to be refracted is sent back to the denser medium itself. Hence named as total internal reflection. Of course total internal reflection is totally different from ordinary reflection.
Does refraction take place in opaque objects?
Refraction is the phenomenon which allows light to pass from one medium into the other. But opaque object will not allow light to pass through. So refraction becomes impossible in case of opaque objects.
Why cant you see your reflection in all objects that replect light?
You cannot see your reflection in all objects that reflect light because of diffuse reflection.
What does refraction do to objects?
it changes the direction of light
Why does black not reflect light?
Black objects do not reflect light because they absorb most of the light that strikes them, rather than reflecting it back. The absorption of light by black objects is a result of their molecular structure, which allows them to retain more light energy than they release. This lack of reflection gives black objects their characteristic dark appearance.
