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Horizontal Motion Basics in Physics

Motion is when an object changes its position with respect to its surroundings with time. If the object does not change its position with respect to its surroundings...

January 29, 2016

Fundamental Units and Derived Units

The units which are independent of each other are known as Fundamental Units. Derived Units are derived from Fundamental Units. For example, meter is a fundamental unit of...

January 29, 2016

Primary Colors, Secondary colors and Complimentary Colors

When a beam of white light is passed through a prism, white light splits up into different colours. Consequently a coloured pattern is obtained on the screen. This...

May 21, 2013

Human Eye & Eye Defects

Our eyeball is nearly spherical with white outer layer called the sclera. Here is a short description of how our eye works. Working of Human Eye The light...

May 21, 2013

Twinkling of Stars and Mirage

Heat energy radiated by the earth changes the density of the atmospheric layers continuously. This changing density of the air layers near the ground affects its refractive index....

May 21, 2013

Real Images and Virtual Images

The image formed by the actual intersection of refracted rays through a lens is called the real image. The real images can be caught on the screen and...

May 21, 2013

Lenses

A lens is a thin piece of a transparent material bounded by two spherical surfaces or by one spherical and other plane surface. The width or diameter of...

May 21, 2013

Total Internal Reflection

When a ray of light passes from an optically denser medium into a rarer medium; the refracted ray is bent away from the normal. A ray of light...

May 21, 2013

Refraction of light

When we place a pencil in a beaker containing water, we observe that the pencil appears to be bent at the point where it just enters water. Again,...

May 21, 2013

Humidity and Relative Humidity

Humidity is the amount of water vapour present in atmosphere. The amount of water vapour in atmosphere changes with time and weather. The air containing water vapour is...

May 21, 2013

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