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Practice Questions
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What did Descartes' corpuscular model try to explain?
💡 Hint: Recall who introduced this idea.
Name the principle proposed by Huygens.
💡 Hint: Think about each wavefront acting as a source.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does the wave model of light explain about refraction?
💡 Hint: Think about how light behaves when entering a denser medium.
Huygens' principle states that each point on a wavefront is a source of what?
💡 Hint: Consider how wavefronts behave as they propagate.
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Challenge Problems
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Using Foucault's experiment explanation, derive how refraction relates to wave speed in different media.
💡 Hint: Think about the relationship between speed, wavelength, and angle.
Explain how the adoption of Maxwell's equations led to the broader understanding of electromagnetic waves beyond just light.
💡 Hint: Consider how fields interact and produce waves.
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