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theres a very nice video on You Tube about about the "Archer Fish" which has to overcome refraction to catch its prey.
Heres the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhBZ40jIo4Q
Enjoy
I have found 2 informative sites which i believe will aid us in our quest for an A1 in the Higher level Leaving Certificate Physics Examination
http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/applets/Intro_physics/refraction/LightRefract.html
http://www.ndt-ed.org/EducationResources/CommunityCollege/Ultrasonics/Physics/applet_2_8/applet_2_8.htm
http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=1573&rendTypeId=4
link to the pictures of total internal reflection
adam
Total Internal Reflection ->
You can move a torch about under the water to change the angle of incidence and to get total internal reflection
http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=49
http://grad.physics.sunysb.edu/~campbell/optics/noe/fibrdiag.gif
picture of a fiber optic cable
adam
http://www.schulphysik.de/ntnujava/optics/path_e.html
Good applet of fish underwater, move the fish to see what it sees
http://stwww.weizmann.ac.il/Lasers/laserweb/Java/Twoangles2.htm
This simulation can help you see what happens to a light beam when it goes from one medium into another
Demonstration of refraction shown with torch shining under water
http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/applets/Intro_physics/kisalev/java/totintrefl/index.html
http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/oldjava/optics/path_e.html
shows when a fish under water can see another fish by looking towards the surface of the water using total internal reflection
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