Refractive Indices Medium Refractive Index Air 1.00 Alcohol 1.36 Sugar solution 1.49 Glass 1.70 Diamond 2.42 Using the provided data table as a guide, which of the following statements BEST explains how different media affect the speed of light? A The speed of light increases as it passes into a solid because the molecules are closer together and refraction allows it to bend and pass through faster. B The speed of light increases as it passes into a liquid because the molecules are closer together and refraction allows the light to pass through faster. C The speed of light travels fastest in air because the molecules are the farthest apart and there is little to no refraction. D The speed of light travels fastest in solids because the molecules are closest together and there is refraction.

Refractive Indices Medium Refractive Index Air 1.00 Alcohol 1.36 Sugar solution 1.49 Glass 1.70 Diamond 2.42 Using the provided data table as a guide, which of the following statements BEST explains how different media affect the speed of light? A The speed of light increases as it passes into a solid because the molecules are closer together and refraction allows it to bend and pass through faster. B The speed of light increases as it passes into a liquid because the molecules are closer together and refraction allows the light to pass through faster. C The speed of light travels fastest in air because the molecules are the farthest apart and there is little to no refraction. D The speed of light travels fastest in solids because the molecules are closest together and there is refraction.

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Refractive Indices
Medium	Refractive Index
Air	1.00
Alcohol	1.36
Sugar solution	1.49
Glass	1.70
Diamond	2.42

A	The speed of light increases as it passes into a solid because the molecules are closer together and refraction allows it to bend and pass through faster.
B	The speed of light increases as it passes into a liquid because the molecules are closer together and refraction allows the light to pass through faster.
C	The speed of light travels fastest in air because the molecules are the farthest apart and there is little to no refraction.
D	The speed of light travels fastest in solids because the molecules are closest together and there is refraction.