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प्रश्न
A ray of light is incident at 45° on an equilateral prism in the diagram below.
- Name the phenomenon exhibited by the ray of light when it enters and emerges out of the prism.
- State the cause of the above phenomenon mentioned by you.
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उत्तर
- When light enters the prism and experiences refraction upon exiting, it is said to have undergone dispersion.
- It disperses because the incident light is a polychromatic ray made up of different light wave lengths. As light travels from a denser medium to a rarer medium, refraction takes place.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
A student traces the path of a ray of light through a triangular glass prism for different values of angle of incidence. On analyzing the ray diagrams, which one of the following conclusions is he likely to draw?
(A) The emergent ray is parallel to the incident ray.
(B) The emergent ray bends at an angle to the direction of the incident ray.
(C) The emergent ray and the refracted ray are at right angles to each other.
(D) The emergent ray is perpendicular to the incident ray.
Draw a ray diagram to explain the term angle of deviation.
When a beam of white light is passed through a prism, it splits to form lights of seven colours. Is it possible to recombine the lights of seven colours to obtain the white light again? Explain your answer.
What is a rainbow? What are the two conditions necessary for the formation of a rainbow in the sky?
The colour of white light which suffers the maximum bending (or maximum refraction) on passing through a glass prism is:
(a) yellow
(b) orange
(c) red
(d) violet
Refer to fig
(i) Name the lens L.
(ii) What are the points O, O' called?
(iii) Complete the diagram to form the image of the object AB.
(iv) Write three characteristics of the image.
Observe the given figure and write appropriate phenomenon of light in the box.
Observe the given figure and answer the following questions.
- Which colour light rays bend most?
- Which colour light rays bend least.
- What is the wavelength of violet light rays?
The splitting of white light into its component colours is called ____________.
Assertion: We can see the rainbow in the sky when the rain starts falling after a spell of bright sunlight.
Reason: The rainbow is formed due to the dispersion of light.
