Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Ray Optics

Question:
When light is refracted into a medium;
Options:
Wavelength and frequency increasess
Wavelength increases frequency decreases
Wavelength changes, the frequency remains the same
Nothing changes
Correct Answer:
Wavelength changes, the frequency remains the same
Explanation:
When light is refracted into a medium its speed changes but the frequency remains the same because the energy associated with a photon of this light is proportional to the frequency of the light and it remains unchanged. Since the wavelength λ = c/, i.e. λ ∝ c. So the wavelength changes.