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Q: Who discovered that a prism bends light?
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What bends white light?

prism


What bends light rays?

A prism bends light rays. White light is made up of many different wave lengths of light. A prism bends each wave length a different amount, that is why different colors are produced from the output side of a prism.


When you look through a prism you don't see what is directly in front of you why?

because the prism bends the light


What is a glass wedge that bends light waves?

prism


What is reffraction?

it is when the light bends eg through a prism.


Which wavelength of visible light bends the most when refracted by a prism?

When light passes through a prism, the angle of deviation of any light beam is inversely proportional to its wavelengh. Since, violet color has least wave length, it bends the most and the red bends the least.Dhirender Sharma


Which color of light bends the most when going through a prism?

Violet.


When white light passes through a prism what color bends the most?

Violet


A transparent object that bends light of different wavelengths by different amounts?

"prism"


When white light is passed through prism why is it observed that violet light bends more than red light?

The speed of violet light is slower than the red light in the prism.


What instrument bends light?

Mirror (uses reflection principle), transparent glass sheet (uses refraction principle),etc are the instruments which are used to bend light.


What is a piece of clear glass or plastic that bends light rays passing through it?

It's a prism. A prism splits the light up in all color's of the rainbow.