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It is a type of light.
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Why is earth's atmosphere is blue?
Earth's atmosphere appears blue because of a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering. When sunlight enters Earth's atmosphere, the shorter (blue) wavelengths of light are scattered more than the longer (red) wavelengths. This scattering causes the blue light to be scattered in all directions, making the sky appear blue to observers on the surface.
Why does earths sky appear blue and mars sky appear red?
Mars has a much thinner atmosphere than earth, it also has a constant haze of dust in the air that contains a brown iron oxide called limonite, which absorbs blue light and scatters the other wavelenghts of visible light.
Why is the sky blue while the grass is green?
The sky is blue because the atmosphere scatters sunlight. Light with shorter wavelengths (blue, purple, violet) is scattered more in the atmosphere, so the sky appears blue; this is the same reason that sunsets and sunrises appear red and orange: at sunset/sunrise, the sun's light hits the atmosphere at a low angle, increasing the distance that the light must travel through the atmosphere. Thus, more colors are 'scattered out', even the blue-end of the spectrum, leaving red and orange colors.
How is sloth important for ecosystem of rainforest?
He scatters seed from the fruits he has eaten in his fecal matter, he provides food for jaguars, and provides film footage for nature show hosts who are too afraid to pick up anything more dangerous.
What time is dusk in the summer?
The time of dusk in the summer, or in the winter, depends on your location on the earth. Within time zones, it also depends on whether you are nearer to the eastern or western edge of your time zone. Dusk begins when the orb of the sun drops below the horizon. According to Wikipedia: "Twilight is technically defined as the period before sunrise and after sunset during which there is natural light provided by the upper atmosphere, which receives direct sunlight and scatters part of it towards the earth's surface."
What happens to light as it interacts with matter?
it scatters
What type of mixture scatters light?
a colloid
Does a translucent object let light pass through or does it scatter the light?
It scatters the light
Which of the following scatters ultraviolet light?
ozone layer
If a mixture scatters light and does not settle upon standing is it a suspension?
If a mixture scatters light and does not settle upon standing, it is not considered a suspension. It is considered a colloid.
Why is some water blue?
That is the reflection of the sky and how light scatters.
What happens when light scatters?
It is redirected as it passes through a medium.
What happens to light when it scatters?
It is redirected as it passes through a medium
What type of opaque object keeps light focused and scatters wavelengths of visible light for the human eye to see?
It will be right to say that only principles of light microscopy keeps light focused and scatters wavelengths of visible light for the human eye to see.
What does the atmosphere on earth look like?
our atmosphere scatters blue light.
A material that scatters light as it passes through?
translucent
Why is light internally reflected in a raindrop?
light after incident on molecules of water (rain drop) it scatters or reflected.
