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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
What do you understand by the term Scattering of light?
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.
Give reasons:
Space beyond the earth's atmosphere appears dark.
Give some examples of scattering of light that we come across in day-to-day life.
Answer the following question in your own words:
Will the laser beam be seen if it passes through a glass box which contains a lighted incense stick?
One cannot see through the fog, because ____________.
Which of the following statements is correct regarding the propagation of light of different colours of white light in air?
When light enters the atmosphere it strikes extremely fine particles, which deflect the rays of light in all possible directions, This is due to ______.
