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What is refraction mean in the terms of rainbows?
It means the bending of light.
What might you see if refraction occurred during precipitation?
If refraction occurs during precipitation, it is possible that a rainbow will be visible after the storm. Rainbows are produced when the eye can actually see the bending of light rays that is not normally visible.
What does refraction means in terms of rainbows?
Refraction of bending lightrefraction means the bending of light, and the refraction of light in a prism causes to 'split' light in all its colors (that we can see and not see)Refraction is the bending of light. The bending of light is defined mathematically by Snell's law. The degree of bending through rain drops produces the various colors of the 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.
What is the bending of waves around a barrier?
Diffraction is the bending of a wave at an angle as it passes from one medium to another.
When and how do you get rainbows formed?
Rainbows are made by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays as they fall on raindrops.
How do rainbows get their color?
light refraction etc from the raindrops
Why do you need rain to have rainbows?
Sunlight is refracted, or bent, when it enters raindrops, and refraction causes the light to pass through the drops in such a way that the spectrum of visible colors is seen.
Why do prisms and raindrops make rainbows?
no
What are rainbows?
Rainbows are a light spectrum caused by sunlight refracting through raindrops.
Are rainbows matter?
No - it has something to do with the refraction of light.
What do rainbows get color from?
White light is a mixture of all the colors of the rainbow. When white light passes through raindrops refraction occurs; it changes direction - we see colors because the amount of refraction depends on the frequency (ie the color) of the light passing through the water - this process is called dispersion.
How does the sun affect rainfall?
The sun rays reflect on the raindrops which cause rainbows.
What makes the color of rainbows?
light refracted by raindrops appear to be different colours
Why are there not usually rainbows on overcast days?
Rainbows require sunlight to hit - and be refracted by - the raindrops. There is less likely to be sunlight on an overcast day.
What is refraction mean in the terms of rainbows?
It means the bending of light.
Where do rainbows appear?
reflection, refraction, dispersion and total internal reflection of the sun's rays make rainbows appear.
