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White light is a mixture of all colour. Each colour has a different wavelength. When light passes from one medium to another is is refracted (bent). Some wavelengths are refracted more than others, hence the light is split.

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How and Why are colors dispersed in optics in a rainbow How do raindrops act as prisms Role of reflection and refraction in formation of rainbow?

The sun is all the different wavelengths of light. When all these lights hit water, the change in the speed of the light causes the light to defract away from one another, so you see th rainbow effect


What is the angle of the sun so that a rainbow can form?

Rainbows are formed through refraction. The refraction happens through the rain drops, causing the light (which is made up of a spectrum of colours) to split and causes a rainbow. Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain -> Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet. This is the order in which it refracts.


Would refraction still occur if light did not change speed when passing from medium to another?

No, refraction occurs because light changes speed when passing from one medium to another. The change in speed causes the light wave to bend, resulting in refraction. If light did not change speed, refraction would not occur.


How is a Rainbow Visible?

it is when it is cloudy and warm when it starts raining you can see it but the sun has to be out shining behing the rainbow a rainbow is like rain in front of you a rainbow is made by rain and sunshine and clouds


Draw the diagram showing the Refraction Phenomenon of Light?

I'm unable to draw diagrams. However, in the refraction phenomenon of light, when light passes from one medium to another, it changes speed and bends at the interface due to the change in refractive index. This bending of light is what causes the refraction phenomenon.

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Why do you see a rainbow?

A rainbow is formed when sunlight is refracted, or bent, while passing through raindrops in the atmosphere. This refraction causes the white light to separate into its component colors, creating a spectrum of colors in the sky that we perceive as a rainbow.


Is a rainbow formed when sunlight bends as it passes through raindrops?

Yes, a rainbow is formed when sunlight is refracted, or bent, as it passes through raindrops in the atmosphere. This refraction causes the light to separate into its component colors, creating the familiar rainbow spectrum.


Is total internal reflection causes rainbow?

Nope. It's caused by refraction.


How are reflection and refraction both involved in rainbows?

Reflection occurs when light waves bounce off the inside surface of a raindrop, then refract when they exit the raindrop at a different angle. This refraction causes the different wavelengths of light to separate and create the colors of the rainbow.


How does a double rainbow form and what causes this optical phenomenon to occur?

A double rainbow forms when sunlight is reflected twice inside raindrops, creating a secondary rainbow above the primary one. This optical phenomenon occurs due to the refraction and dispersion of light, causing the different colors to separate and form the two rainbows.


How do rainbows get their colorful appearance?

Rainbows get their colorful appearance from the refraction and dispersion of sunlight through water droplets in the atmosphere. This causes the sunlight to separate into its different colors, creating the iconic arc of colors that we see in a rainbow.


What is refraction mean in the terms of rainbows?

Refraction in the context of rainbows is when sunlight enters a raindrop, bends (changes direction), reflects off the inside surface of the raindrop, and then exits the drop. This bending of light causes the sunlight to separate into its different colors, producing the rainbow.


What phenomenon cause color of visible light to be separate by a prism?

Refraction is the phenomenon causes colors of visible light to be separated by a prism.


How the rainbow get it color?

all the little rain drops form together


What is it called when light enters a prism?

When light enters a prism, it undergoes refraction, or bending, due to the change in its speed as it passes from one medium to another. This causes the light to separate into its different colors, creating a rainbow effect known as dispersion.


How and Why are colors dispersed in optics in a rainbow How do raindrops act as prisms Role of reflection and refraction in formation of rainbow?

The sun is all the different wavelengths of light. When all these lights hit water, the change in the speed of the light causes the light to defract away from one another, so you see th rainbow effect


What causes a rainbow to form in the sky?

A rainbow forms in the sky when sunlight is refracted, or bent, by raindrops in the atmosphere. This bending of light causes the different colors of the spectrum to separate and create the beautiful arc of colors that we see in a rainbow.