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No. Water droplets bend light to make rainbows.
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Why does oil and water make a rainbow?
Water and oil can make rainbows because they can bend and fragment the light into the basic color spectrum.
How do get rainbows?
The sun makes rainbows when white sunlight passes through rain drops. The raindrops act like tiny prisms. They bend the different colors in white light, so the light spreads out into a band of colors that can be reflected back to you as a rainbow.
What makes rainbows colorful?
Water droplets in the air act like a prism and bend the light rays from the Sun which splits the light into the individual wavelengths, allowing you to view it as a rainbow.
What does the term ''refraction'' mean in terms of rainbows?
This refers to the degree at which the direction of the light rays change (ie 'bend') when they pass through drops of water.
Are rainbows worldwide?
Yes they are. Rainbows are only an appearance of light when light goes through water. That's why rainbows usually appear after it rains or when it is humid.
What effect if any does water have on light?
water refracts or bends light and that alters the path that the light is taking. It also can act as a prisom and break it up. This is why rainbows are usually present after a rain storm. The water particles left in the air bend the light.
Why does the rainbows appears two or three rainbows sometimes?
rainbows are formed because of the scattering of light .......when the sunlight meets the water droplets..scattering of light takes place...this forms a rainbow 2 or 3 rainbows are formed because of the multiple scattering of light
What are rainbows?
Rainbows are a light spectrum caused by sunlight refracting through raindrops.
Can we walk on rainbows?
We can't walk on rainbows because they're just light.
Visible light is an example of what?
rainbows ....... i think?
Can rainbows be formed by prisms?
Yes, the refraction of light through a 60o prism will separate the light into a spectrum (a rainbow). Which then causes the light to refracted internally causing light to bend in different directions because of the speed of the light. Red light being the faster one and violet being the slowest one.
What are rainbows made out of?
Rainbows are made of light reflecting off of water dropplets in the air.
