Question

Look at the picture of the prism separating light. Which explains why a prism can separate sunlight into a rainbow of all the visible colors?

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A. The prism reflects light of each wavelength at a different angle.
B. Light of each wavelength is refracted at a different angle.
C. The glass of a prism absorbs some colors and transmits others.
D. Light of each wavelength travels at a different speed through a vacuum.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

what do u think

Answer 3

Hmmm ...

Answer 4

Give me a minute to remember.

Answer 5

i think a or b

Answer 6

mostly b

Answer 7

Same. A. or B.

Answer 8

idk know im notr sure but mostly b

Answer 9

Yes, I think B. too.

Answer 10

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Answer 11

i get it too

Answer 12

ok

Answer 13

This is an excerpt from my lesson. So, yes, the answer is B.

How Does a Rainbow Form?
White light, such as sunlight, is made up of all the visible colors. Each color has a different range of wavelengths and therefore bends by a slightly different amount. Rainbows in the sky occur when sunlight refracts through droplets of water.
This is also how the glass prism separates light into the colors of a rainbow.

The degree by which light is refracted when it passes from one medium to another depends not only on the speed of light in each medium, but also on the wavelength of the light. So in a rainbow, the light bends through the water at different degrees according to the wavelengths of the colors, causing us to see an arc or bow in the sky.