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it refracts because it travels in different velocities and other colors of light travel in different speeds

When light crosses a boundary between mediums, it changes speeds, and it bends or changes the angle that it is travailing at when it crosses the boundary.

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Why does light refract?

Because light travels at different velocities, and various colors of light also travel at different speeds in optical media.


Why can radio waves refract around buildings while light waves cannot?

that's easy .. you know that radio waves has very wide wave length ( 10^3 meter ) while light _ by which you mean visible light i guess _ has smaller wave lengths which ranges between ( 7000 and 4000 ) Angstrom (the angstrom is 10^-10 meter) also from the conditions diffraction is to pass by narrow slit .. and it depends on the ratio ( wave length of light / width of the object or slit )


What are the waves in the electomagnetic spectrum?

The speed of every electromagnetic wave is the same. That includes television waves, FM radio waves, heat waves, infrared light, green light, purple light and ultraviolet light waves, microwaves, x-rays, AM radio waves, bluetooth signals, taxi radio waves, garage- door-opener waves, and gamma ray waves ... because all of these waves are the same thing. Their speed is 299,792,458 meters per second, or 186,282 miles per second.


What are some song titles containing the word light?

light my fire - the doors blinded by the light - elo what is the light? the flaming lips 2000 light years away - green day light grenades - incubus let there be light - justice when i turn off the living room light - the kinks artificial light - the kinks white light generation - ladytron in the light - led zeppelin low light - pearl jam let there be more light - pink Floyd collapse the light into earth - porcupine tree light mass prayers - porcupine tree shine a light - the rolling stones 2000 light years from home - the rolling stones available light - rush there is a light that never goes out - the smiths by the light of the magical moon - t.Rex light of love - t.Rex beginning to see the light - the velvet underground white light/white heat - the velvet underground trick of the light - the who inner light spectrum - 311 light years - 311 hope it's useful this a list from songs on my itunes that have light on them not including lights or wrods combined with light like mr moonlight.


What Song titles containing word light?

imdbShine a Light (2008)Half Light (2006)"The Guiding Light" (1952)Judith LightStellet licht (2007)Visions of Light (1992)Light Sleeper (1992)Morning Light (2008)Light It Up (1999)White Noise 2: The Light (2007)Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)Light of Day (1987)Last Light (1993) (TV)The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)The Valley of Light (2007) (TV)Red Light (1949)By Dawn's Early Light (1990) (TV)