When Light Passes from One Medium into Another with a Different

question 10

Multiple Choice

When light passes from one medium into another with a different index of refraction, which of the following does or do NOT change?

• A) the speed
• B) the wavelength
• C) the frequency
• D) the speed and the wavelength
• E) the frequency and the wavelength

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