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No it is just an effect of water and light hitting each other. It doesn't happen every time it rains.
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Is rainbow caused by Tyndall effect?
No, rainbow is not by T-effect but adressed to reflection and refraction of light by (small) water droplets. Cf. Related links for Wikipedia-explanation: [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow#Explanation]
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.
What type of colloid is a rainbow?
rainbow is a mixture of particle of liquids between gases. as the water is refracting the sunray, therefore it could be considered as liquid aerosol colloid.
Why is gasoline that is spilled on a wet surface so colorful?
the increased reflectants (water on the wet surface) give more reflections in the color of the rainbow
Why does rainwater have no color?
The reason why rain water has no colour is because, the rain water travels up from the sea to form a cloud. The sea has not colour in it. That is why rain water has no colour. : ) No pure water has any color. The color(s) you see in water is/are due to the sunlight refracting into the colors of the rainbow, or due to impurities in the water. In the case of refraction, raindrops are so small that it's not easy to see an entire rainbow, so only a few of the more visible colors are seen. When the water has impurities (usually dust), sunlight illuminates the particles in different ways, causing the appearance of color.
What do you call the part of a river where it empties into a large body water?
a rainbow
Life clycle of a butterfly?
The eggThe caterpillarThe chrysalis The butterfly
What conditions are necessary for a rainbow to occur?
In order to see a rainbow, the sun must be shining in one part of the sky, and the water droplets in a cloud or in falling rain must be in the opposite part of the sky.
A rainbow forms when sunlight shines on water in what?
A rainbow forms when sunlight shines on water in the atmosphere.
Does a rainbow have to end over water?
no a rainbow never ends
Why you get the rainbow?
Cause there is water near by and the sun is in front of it and it makes a rainbow and there is not end of a rainbow or a pot of gold
Who created the rainbow?
After a rain, rainbow is created when sunlight refracts millions of droplets of water. No one created the rainbow.
What part of speech is rainbow?
The word rainbow is a noun. A rainbow is a multicoloured arch that appears in the sky.
How does white and water make a rainbow?
The water acts like a prism and white light shines through it, it makes a rainbow.
Can there be a round rainbow?
ALL rainbows are round. That is, the part of it that you see is part of a circle. If you mean a rainbow that's a complete circle, that's possible if you're up in an airplane looking down, or on top of a mounain looking down into a valley. Just like every other rainbow, the sun must be behind you, and the air in front of you must be full of water droplets.
How do you complete a rainbow on webkinz?
you have to find the leprechaun at the clubhouse, he will give you a colored candy for part of your rainbow.
What is inside a rainbow?
precipitation , water
