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    This document discusses refraction and how it causes light to bend when passing from one medium to another. It explains that refraction causes objects to appear broken or bent when viewed through different materials like water. It also describes how convex lenses curve outward and bend light waves closer together, while concave lenses curve inward and bend light waves farther apart. Prisms are made of glass and refract white light into a rainbow spectrum of colors when light passes through.

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    REFRACTION
    Light travels in straight lines, but it can be refracted, or bent. Refraction is the bending of light
    waves. Light waves are refracted when they pass from one clear substance into another. The light
    waves are slowed down when they pass between the two different materials, causing objects to
    appear broken or bent.

    The Broken Pencil

    A pencil is placed in a cup of water. The light waves are bent as they pas
    from the air into the water and from the water into glass. This bending
    causes the pencil to appear to be broken.

    Lenses

    A lens is a curved piece of clear glass or plastic. Lenses bend or refract light waves in certain
    ways. There are two different types of lenses.

    Convex lenses curve outward. The lens is thicker in the middle than at its
    edges. A convex lens bends light waves so they move closer together.

    Concave lenses curve inward. The lens is thinner in the middle than at its
    edges. A concave lens bends light waves so they spread apart.

    Prisms

    You can see the colors of white light when it passes through a piece of
    glass called a prism. White light enters one side of the prism and is
    refracted or bent. When the light leaves the other side of the prism, we
    see a band of colors. The band of colors looks like a small rainbow. The
    colors include red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

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