High School

Light is incident from air onto water. When it enters the water, the light rays bend at the interface towards the normal. This process is called...

A. Refraction
B. Diffraction
C. Dispersion
D. Polarization
E. Interference

Answer :

a. Refraction.

Refraction is a phenomenon where light waves bend towards the normal when passing through water from air. This bending of light rays is a fundamental characteristic of optical phenomena in everyday life and the natural world, and is crucial in fields like optics, astronomy, and ophthalmology, where it influences our perception of light and sight.