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Question
Which characteristic property of light is responsible for the blue colour of the sky?
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Solution
Dispersion of light
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What happens when a ray of ordinary light is passed through a triangular glass prism?
Draw a diagram to show the refraction of light through a glass prism. On this diagram, mark
(i) incident ray
(ii) emergent ray, and
(iii) angle of deviation.
The splitting of white light into its constituent colours is called .............
- A beam of monochromatic light undergoes minimum deviation through an equiangular prism, how does the beam pass through the prism, with respect to its base?
- If white light is used in the same way as in part (a) above, what change do you expect in the emergent beam?
- What conclusion do you draw about the nature of white light in part (b)?
Make the correct choice for each of the following:
Which one of the following Fig correctly shows the path of the ray through the glass block?
The wavelength range of white light is ______.
What do you understand by spectrum? Name the seven prominent colours in order, as obtained in the spectrum of white light.
Match the Columns:
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ |
| The wavelength of red light | (a) 600 nm |
| (b) 700 nm | |
| (c) 500 nm |
Say TRUE or FALSE
After passing through a prism, white light splits into a band of seven colours
