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Question
In sunlight, which of the following is scattered the maximum by air molecules present in the Earth’s atmosphere?
Options
Green colour
Red colour
Blue colour
Yellow colour
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Solution
Blue colour
Explanation:
According to Rayleigh’s law, scattering is inversely proportional to the fourth power of wavelength `(I ∝ 1/λ^4)`. Since blue light has the shortest wavelength among the given choices, it is scattered the most by air molecules.
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