A fish swimming in a pond looks up at an object lying a couple of feet above ?

the surface of the water. Does this object appear to the fish to lie nearer to the surface or farther from the surface than its actual distance?


The object appears farther from the surface than it really is.


The object appears to be where it really is.


The object appears closer to the surface than it really is. A fish swimming in a pond looks up at an object lying a couple of feet above ?
the object appears closer to the surface than it really is, because of magnification.A fish swimming in a pond looks up at an object lying a couple of feet above ?
Yes, it would appear further.





To see why, draw a diagram. Draw an object above some water, and draw the fish eyes. Draw the path of two rays from the object to the fish's eyes (NB. you must account for refraction!). Now draw backwards along the rays, but don't bend off at the refractive point. You will see that the rays merge at a further distance (and this is where the fish observes the object to be).
The first choice, farther.


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