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Atmospheric refraction causes advance sunrise and delayed sunset. By how much time is:  sunset delayed?

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प्रश्न

Atmospheric refraction causes advance sunrise and delayed sunset. By how much time is: 

sunset delayed?

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उत्तर

Sunset is delayed by about two minutes.

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अध्याय 3: The Human Eyes And The Colorful World - Exercise 5 [पृष्ठ १७४]

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लखमीर सिंग Physics Part 1 [English] Class 10
अध्याय 3 The Human Eyes And The Colorful World
Exercise 5 | Q 4. (b) | पृष्ठ १७४

संबंधित प्रश्न

What is atmospheric refraction? Use this phenomenon to explain the following natural events:

Twinkling of stars

Draw diagrams to illustrate your answers.


Explain why the planets do not twinkle.


Name two effects produced by the atmospheric refraction.


Atmospheric refraction causes advance sunrise and delayed sunset. By how much time is: 

sunrise advanced?


State whether the following statement is true or false:
The planets twinkle at night due to atmospheric refraction of light.


Fill in the following blank with suitable word:
We can see the sun about ................ minutes before the actual sunrise and about ................ minutes after the actual sunset because of atmospheric ................


What is atmospheric refraction?


As light from a far off star comes down towards the earth:
(a) it bends away from the normal
(b) it bends towards the normal
(c) it does not bend at all
(d) it is reflected back


The day is longer on the earth by about 4 minutes because:
(a) the earth is round in shape
(b) the earth rotates on its axis
(c) the earth revolves around the sun
(d) the earth has atmosphere

 


We know that light refracts (or bends) when it goes from one medium to another. Now, the atmosphere contains only air. Then how does light get refracted on passing through only air in the atmosphere?


By how much time the day would have been shorter if the earth had no atmosphere?


A student claims that because of atmospheric refraction, the sun can be seen after it has set, and the day is, therefore, longer than if the earth had no atmosphere.

  1. What does the student mean by saying that the sun can be seen after it has set?
  2. Do you think that the students’ conclusion is correct?

A student claims that because of atmospheric refraction, the sun can be seen after it has set, and the day is, therefore, longer than if the earth had no atmosphere. 

Do you think that the students conclusion is correct?


Why does the sky appear blue on a clear day?


The stars appear higher from horizon than they actually are. Explain why it is so.


Explain why the planets do not twinkle but the stars twinkle.


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