2006-11-10 19:22:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
yes......
light can travel with or without a medium... water is a medium.... can be considered a transparent material..... so light can pass through water... in other mediums, liike opaque and translucent, light may either be absorbed or half absorbed and half transmitted...
2006-11-10 21:55:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you never seen through a glass of water?
The only thing that is technically 100% transmissive is a vacuum. All physical materials absorb light to some degree. The ones than absorb weakly are considered to be transparent, while those that absorb strongly are consided to be opaque. The decrease in the speed of light in glass and water is quantified as the index of refraction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refraction
Water's index at 1.33 is an indication of intermediate states of absorption and emission of photons by the molecules in the water.
2006-11-11 03:31:42 · answer #2 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, why not? But as the light passes through the water, it gets scattered in many directions (total internal reflection, reflection, refraction, etc.) and therefore the intensity of the passout light is very low...very dim light
2006-11-11 03:38:45 · answer #3 · answered by olivettiz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Once in the water the light continues to travel downwards, gradually growing weaker. How deep it goes depends on the type of water and on the angle of the sun.
2006-11-11 06:36:56 · answer #4 · answered by Lutfor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when light passes through water its intensity decreases with the depth of water , it is scattered thus the light we obtain after passing through water is of diffrent wavelength
2006-11-11 03:30:32 · answer #5 · answered by amita 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it can and you can see underwater just because of that but due to surface tension of water...the rays of the light are bent and thus you see a thing slightly away from it's original place.
2006-11-11 03:33:06 · answer #6 · answered by professor smart 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES AND TO PARTICULAR DEEP DEPENDS ON CLARITY
OF WATER.
SEE REFRACTION OF LIGHT AND WATER.
2006-11-11 03:31:27 · answer #7 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uhhh if it couldn't then you wouldn't be able to see underwater now could you
2006-11-11 03:27:21 · answer #8 · answered by keoni_21 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋