11 Questions
What is the primary cause of the bending of light during refraction?
Change in the speed of light
Which color is bent the least and is the longest when light passes through a prism?
Red
What is the name of the phenomenon where light bends or turns when passing through transparent materials like water or glass?
Refraction
What type of path does light generally travel in a transparent material?
Straight path
Which color is bent the most and is the shortest when light passes through a prism?
Violet
What causes sunlight to spread into a band of colors reflected by each raindrop to form a rainbow?
Bending of light through refraction
Which region of a shadow gets no light at all?
Umbra
What type of objects can form shadows?
Opaque objects
Where does the partial dark region of a shadow, which receives some light, appear?
Penumbra
What determines the size of a shadow?
The size of the object
On which side of an object is its shadow formed?
Opposite side of the light source
Learn about the colors that make up a rainbow and how they are formed through sunlight passing through raindrops. Explore the concept of a prism and how it creates different colors when light passes through it.
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