State True or False:

As light rays travel from air into a glass prism, they deviate away from the normal.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is B
False

As light rays travel from air into a glass prism they are refracted towards the normal because when light enters from a rarer medium to a denser medium, it always bends towards the normal due to the different velocities that it travels at in both mediums.

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