Scientists say that visible light's color is determined by its wavelength. A certain wavelength of light produces the color red, another yellow, another blue, etc. Normal white light, however, is made up of all the different wavelengths. When white light is passed through something that will refract (bend) it, such as a prism or a rain storm, it splits apart and the individual colors that make up the white light become visible.
Refraction is the name for what happens when light is split up into the different colors of the spectrum.
the answer is a (prism).
That is called refraction. I like to remember it by the fraction part of the word, as the light is being split into different colors, each a fraction of the whole.
It does indeed.
the light must be coherent - which happens when a single beam of light is split
Refraction is the name for what happens when light is split up into the different colors of the spectrum.
the answer is a (prism).
the answer is a (prism).
If it is a glass prism, the light gets split into is spectrum of colours. Normal light looks a bit like a rainbow afterwards.
That is called refraction. I like to remember it by the fraction part of the word, as the light is being split into different colors, each a fraction of the whole.
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White light can be split up into lots of different coloured light waves using a prism. We call this range of colours the visible spectrum.
Spectrum = the band of colours produced when light is split into its component frequencies
The phenomenon of "dispersion".
White light can be split up into lots of different coloured light waves using a prism. We call this range of colours the visible spectrum.
The electro magnetic spectrum - A prism can split light into a spectrum of colors, and starlight is light. Detail your question and you will have a detailed answer, if this answer does not do the job
It does indeed.