Angle of incidence equals angle of this Explains why a straw looks broken in a
glass of water
Explains why anyone in the classroom can Mirrors effectively operate because of this
hear that loud teacher across the hall
behavior of light
even though the door is barely cracked
open.
Most microscopes take advantage of this
behavior of light
Occurs when a wave moves from one
medium to another medium with different
properties
The spreading out of waves after passing X-ray crystallography, which maps crystal
through a small opening
structure by shooting X-rays into small
gaps between atoms in crystals, takes
advantage of this behavior of light