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Which of the following waves can experience refraction?
Which of the following waves can experience refraction?
- Light waves
- Sound waves
- Water waves
- All of the above (correct)
What determines how much a wave is refracted?
What determines how much a wave is refracted?
- The change in wave speed
- The initial direction of wave propagation
- Both the change in wave speed and the initial direction of wave propagation (correct)
- None of the above
What does Snell's law state?
What does Snell's law state?
- The ratio of the secants of the angle of incidence and angle of refraction is equal to the ratio of phase velocities in the two media
- The ratio of the cosines of the angle of incidence and angle of refraction is equal to the ratio of phase velocities in the two media
- The ratio of the sines of the angle of incidence and angle of refraction is equal to the ratio of phase velocities in the two media (correct)
- The ratio of the tangents of the angle of incidence and angle of refraction is equal to the ratio of phase velocities in the two media
What does the refractive index represent?
What does the refractive index represent?
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What can cause the redirection of a wave during refraction?
What can cause the redirection of a wave during refraction?
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