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If you put a piece of white paper to collect the image, you can see a beautiful rainbow. The material in the prism has altered the speed of light somewhat, but different lights have slightly different effects, hence different speeds. Also, the interface between air and the prism has altered the path of light. The result is a beautiful rainbow at a certain angle of incidence. Please see the related link.
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What happens to a beam of sunlight that enters a prism?
the light splits into red orange yellow green blue indigo and violet...thats ho a rainbow is formed
When sunlight strikes chlorophyll the cell can make food for the?
plant
What happens when you shine a light ray into a light prisim?
When the light ray strikes the surface of the prism, both when it enters and when it leaves, it bends owing to the different in the speeds of light in air and the material of which the prism is made. The amount of bending depends in part on the frequency of the light which is related to the colour of the light, hence the appearance of a colour spectrum which can be seen from a triangular prism.
What happens when light strikes a prism?
If the light enters the prism at an angle the light will bend. The amount the light will bend depends on its wavelength. Each wavelength is bent a different amount effectively splitting the light into its constituent wavelengths. Visible light (390 - 750 nm) will split into a rainbow. see link below
When sunlight strikes an object and the light is sent in all directions the light is said to be?
Refracted
Describe what happens when sunlight strikes chlorophyll?
esta con noche
What layer does sunlight strikes first?
The Earth's layer that sunlight strikes first is the ozone layer.
What happens when light strikes green light pigments?
The green pigment found in photosynthetic plants is called chlorophyll; it is responsible for converting sunlight.
What strikes the equator more directly?
sunlight
When does the scattering of light occur?
Scattering occurs when radiation, sunlight, for example, strikes particles or other things, like raindrops, bubbles or even dust in the atmosphere. Scattering also happens to sound radiation and ultrasounds.
What happens to a beam of sunlight that enters a prism?
the light splits into red orange yellow green blue indigo and violet...thats ho a rainbow is formed
What happens to sunlight that strike a leaf but is not trapped by photosynthesis?
The sunlight that strikes a leaf but is not trapped by photosynthesis is reflected back by the leaf. Only certain wavelengths of solar energy is absorbed by a leaf.
When sunlight strikes chlorophyll the cell can make food for the?
plant
When sunlight is passed through a glass prism it breaks up into different colors when these colors are passed through a reverse prism they form white light this shows that?
sunlight contains all colors.
What does passing sunlight through a prism do?
Color is a direct function of light by passing sunlight through a prism and observing the bands of spectrum of colors was discovered by Isaac Newton. It was discovered in the 1660's.
What glass device was used on ships to get sunlight to a lower deck?
prism
What happens when you shine a light ray into a light prisim?
When the light ray strikes the surface of the prism, both when it enters and when it leaves, it bends owing to the different in the speeds of light in air and the material of which the prism is made. The amount of bending depends in part on the frequency of the light which is related to the colour of the light, hence the appearance of a colour spectrum which can be seen from a triangular prism.
