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What term is used to describe the rainbow pattern on the screen of a prism?
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Who was the first scientists to use a prism to produce the colors of the rainbow?
Isaac newton
What is the similarity between rainbows and prism?
They both involve a spectrum. If you shine light through a prism, it splits it up into the 7 colours of the rainbow. Rainbow is created when light shines through water, so rainbow is just another word for a spectrum. See? GCSE Physics pays off! =)
How rainbows form?
When the sun is out and it is raining a rainbow occurs.
Can a laser pointer make a rainbow with a prism?
A laser beam consists of a single frequency of light, therefore it cannot form a spectrum or rainbow.
Why do we see the rainbow colors?
When the beam hits the front it of something like a prism again & again & emerges from the drop of rain water we see the color spectrum that's in a rainbow. The water drop acts like a prism to separate the light into its different wave lengths.
How is prism used to form rainbow?
they prism glints off from the sun causing a spectaculer rainbow
When light hits a prism why does it make a rainbow?
because when light hits the prism the prism scatters the light in all directions there for you can see the rainbow
What are words to describe a rainbow?
Some synonyms for the noun rainbow (plural rainbows) are:spectrumarccrescentkaleidascopevariegationvisionpolychromatism
When light shines into a prism a rainbow of colors comes out of the prism.?
When ordinary visible light shines on a prism.
What do you need to make a rainbow with a prism?
light
How can white light be split to form a rainbow?
Artificially, a rainbow can be produced by passing white light (sunlight) through a prism. The light passing through the prism constitutes the seven colors of the rainbow.
Is a rainbow fishes colours rainbow?
Rainbow fishes have sparkly scales and by the light the reflection gives the rainbow fish a beautiful prism.
Is blue a color of the rainbow?
Yes. You can create your own rainbow using a prism (and sunlight).
What happens when you shine a rainbow into a prism?
If you shine a rainbow nto a prism the rain bow will become larger like 2x the original rainbows size. 8^)
When you look at white light through a glass prism you see a rainbow of color called?
light is white. if you mix the colors of the rainbow you get white. A prism separates the colors, showing a rainbow.
What is seen when light passes through a prism?
a rainbow
Can you make a rainbow with a right angle prism?
Yes.
