The correct answer is Refraction
What is Refraction?
Refraction is the bending of a wave when it passes from one medium to another.
Why other options are incorrect?
- Absorption is incorrect because it is the condition in which something gets mixed or absorbed completely in another substance.
- Diffraction is incorrect because Diffraction is defined as a process by which light waves break up into dark and light bands or into the colors of the spectrum.
- Reflection is incorrect because bouncing back of a light ray after hitting any surface is known as reflection.
So , The straw appears to "bend" because of Refraction.
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