When light travels through water it changes direction. This is due to different mediums light travels through, air and water are two mediums. Refraction is when light bends and light refracts when it passes through water to air. the reason the straw looks bent is because what you see is the bottom part through the water and air, but the top part of the straw only through air.Thursday, June 3, 2010
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When light travels through water it changes direction. This is due to different mediums light travels through, air and water are two mediums. Refraction is when light bends and light refracts when it passes through water to air. the reason the straw looks bent is because what you see is the bottom part through the water and air, but the top part of the straw only through air.
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