Phy Help!! Denser Or Less Dense? (1 Viewer)

[coeyz]

Is deeper water less dense or denser?

in my textbk, it says:
Plane waves travelling from deep to shallow water.
As each wavefront encounters the shallow water it slows down, creating a bend in the wavefront. This bending of the wavefront is refraction.


Deeper water -> Shallower water will slow down.
is that mean it will towards normal?
so is deeper water Less Dense?

Im so confusing now
anyone can help?

 

[bubblesss]

refraction takes place when waves move from denser to less denser mediums. so i guess deep water is more dense.

 

[kaz1]

Deeper water is more dense because waves travel faster in deeper water.

 

[coeyz]

if deep water is more dense, how can waves travel faster o_o?

isnt it less dense -> denser = slow down
denser -> less dense = speed up/?

 

[x.Exhaust.x]

if deep water is more dense, how can waves travel faster o_o?

isnt it less dense -> denser = slow down
denser -> less dense = speed up/?

Yes it is. And what dotpoint is this?

 

[Continuum]

It isn't...

In dense substances, waves like sound travel faster because the particles are closer together. You often hear the sound of a train coming from the vibrations the track makes, rather than the sound produced by the movement of the actual carriage, because of this reason.

 

[kurt.physics]

Deeper water is more dense because of all the presure put on it from the higher water and also from the weight of the air on the water. If you can imagine, there would be much more weight (ie more pressure) on deeper water because there is more water above it.