What will most likely happen if a light wave moves through a solid?
It will increase in wavelength.
It will decrease in speed.
It will increase in speed.
It will decrease in wavelength.

1. Longitudinal waves: These waves are the waves where the particles of the medium propagates in the direction of the wave. These waves requires a medium to travel. For Example: Sound Waves.

2. Transverse wave: These waves are the waves where the particles of the medium propagates perpendicular to the direction of the wave. These waves does not require a medium to travel. They can travel in vacuum also. For Example: Light waves.

Speed of light wave is constant in the vacuum which is [tex]3\times 10^8m/s[/tex] but its speed decreases as it enters a medium. And, here the light is entering a solid having certain refractive index, so the speed would decrease.

Hence, the correct answer is it will decrease in speed.

What will most likely happen if a light wave moves through a solid? It will increase in wavelength. It will decrease in speed. It will increase in speed. It will decrease in wavelength.

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What will most likely happen if a light wave moves through a solid?
It will increase in wavelength.
It will decrease in speed.
It will increase in speed.
It will decrease in wavelength.