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Why Does Refraction Occur

Question 21

Question 21

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Why does refraction occur?


A) Some wavelengths are more absorbed than other.
B) because radiation speed varies with density of the atmosphere
C) because the denser the atmosphere is the higher the speed that light is transmitted
D) none of these

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