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Understand: transmission and refraction

Problem

Aaliyah places a pencil in a cup of water as shown below. She notices the pencil appears differently below the surface of water than above.
A photo of a pencil in a glass filled with water. The pencil appears to bend at the water’s surface.
Which light behavior does this represent?
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