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प्रश्न
Why does the sky appear in blue colour?
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उत्तर
When sunlight passes through the atmosphere, the blue colour (shorter wavelength) is scattered to a greater extent than the red colour (longer wavelength). This scattering causes the sky to appear in blue colour.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following questions in your own words.
What is meant by scattering of light?
How does the intensity of scattered light depend on the wavelength of incident light? State conditions when this dependence holds.
The sky at noon appears white. Give reason.
Various shades of colour are seen in the sky at sunrise and sunset due to ______.
Answer the following question in your own words:
What is meant by the scattering of light?
The deflection of light by minute particles and molecules of the atmosphere in all directions is called ____________ of light.
Which of the following statements is correct regarding the propagation of light of different colours of white light in air?
Which of the following phenomena contributes significantly to the reddish appearance of the sun at sunrise or sunset?
The bluish colour of water in deep sea is due to
When light enters the atmosphere it strikes extremely fine particles, which deflect the rays of light in all possible directions, This is due to ______.
