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when white light shines through a prism it refracts it and seperates it into seven colours.
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White light is made up of all the different colours mixed together. When the white light goes into the prism it slows down because glass is denser than air. The different colours have different frequencies and so are slowed down by different amounts.
As the colours slow down they also bend slightly, this is called refraction. This means that when they leave the prism they are travelling at different angles. As the colours are separated you see a rainbow line coming out of the prism, this is called a spectrum.
You can recombine the colours into white light using another prism at an opposite angle to the first one.
The colours are as followed in order-
Red, Orange,Yellow,Green,Blue,Indigo,Violet
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What happens when light is shone through a prism?
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What happens when a ray of light is shone onto a prism?
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What happens when light is shone at glass prism?
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What will happen when a light is shone at a glass prism?
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What happens when a red light is shone in a prism?
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What is happens when light is shone into a glass?
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What happens when a ray of light is shone into a prism?
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What will happen when a ray of light is shone at a glass prism?
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What happens when light is shone into a glass block?
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What happens when light is shone through a prism?
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What happens when a ray of light is shone onto a prism?
When a ray of light is shone onto a prism, the light ray enters the prism and bends or refracts due to the change in speed as it moves from air to the denser prism material. Inside the prism, the ray undergoes total internal reflection at the surfaces, causing it to reflect and refract, creating a spectrum of colors known as dispersion.
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What is the break up of white light into seven colours?
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What happens when light is shone on a glass block?
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