When white light passes from the air into a different medium such as glass, it:
A) is dispersed into different colors
B) is reflected backwards
C) is refracted (bent)
D) is Doppler shifted
E) more than one of the above

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When white light passes from air into glass, it is both dispersed into different colors (due to different wavelengths being refracted at slightly different angles) and refracted (bent) because of the change in speed as it enters a denser medium.

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