Dispersion of Light

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Dispersion of Light: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Dispersion, Formation of Rainbow, Dispersion of White Light, Recombination of Spectrum of White Light and, Spectrum of White Light

Important Questions on Dispersion of Light

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What is rainbow and how it is formed?

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What are the two conditions necessary for the formation of rainbow in the sky?

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The wavelength of red light is _____.

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Who discovered that light is composed of seven colours?

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Which of the following colours of light beam bends least?

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If a red light ray is incident on a prism, what will happen?

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Which of the following colours is dispersed the least through a prism?

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_____ is an example showing dispersion of light.

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Splitting of light into its colours is known as _____ of light.

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The _____ act like small prisms when a rainbow is formed.

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Any light that gives a spectrum similar to that of sunlight is often referred to as _____ light.

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The splitting of light into its component colours is called _____.

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By which optical phenomenon, the splitting of white light into seven constituent colours occur?

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The band of colours obtained due to dispersion is known as :

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The process by which a beam of white light splits into its constituent colours is known as :