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The diagram below shows a point source P inside a water container. Four rays A, B, C, D starting from the source P are shown up to the water surface.

Name the phenomenon which the rays B and D exhibit.

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The ray B exhibits the phenomenon of refraction.
The ray D exhibits the phenomenon of total internal reflection.
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