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What happens when light enters water?


It can´t get back out.



It slows down.


It speeds up.


Its speed does not change.

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ZavierL

(assuming from air) As light enters water it gets refracted and since air is less dense than water, it slows down. 

Denser = slow down, less dense = speed up 

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Lanuel

What happens when light enters water is that: B. It slows down.

Light refers to as an electromagnetic wave which causes a disturbance in a medium while progressively transporting energy from its source to another location, without the transportation of matter.

Typically, light wave travels through an empty space (vacuum) because it doesn't require a medium of propagation.

However, there are two (2) main mediums that slows down the speed of light waves and these are:

I. Water.

II. Window glass.


In conclusion, the speed of light slows down (reduced) as it enters water because water is a denser medium.

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