How will the color of the sky appear different on humid days compared to days of a low humidity? What's the explanation for this?

Q: Which of the following best explains the view of light one sees during sunset? a. The sunset view…

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Q: Why does the sky sometimes appear whitish?

A: Our atmosphere consists of large number of dust and other air particles. According to their size of…

Q: If the atmosphere were twice as thick as it currently is (extending farther into space), what effect…

A: in the event that the climate was twice however thick as it seems to be presently ( or twice as…

Q: Think about the word below. What letters are unchanged if they are reflected horizontally?…

A: A mirror image is a reflected duplicate of a seemingly identical object that is turned the other way…

Q: Which colour results when yellow, cyan and magenta colours are subtracted from a white colour?

A: The secondary colours of light are formed by mixing primary colours which are namely Red, Green and…

Q: How do photographers make clouds brighter by in contrast with the sky?

A: In order to make photographs more distinctive, especially at times when two parts of the photo are…

Q: does a hot transparent gas emit every color of the rainbow

A: The Kirchhoff's laws of spectroscopy give important aspects of spectra. The laws state that   A hot…

Q: Do you have an idea about how the rainbows were formed?

A: Do you have an idea about how the rainbows were formed?

Q: Look at your red , sunburned feet when they are under water. Why don’t they look as red as they are…

A: Ray of light coming from red wound will undergo scattering and refraction both at water surface.

Q: If the sky on certain planet in the solar system were normally orange, what color would sunsets be?

A: The sunset would be blue.If the sky of a certain planet is orange at noon, it means that the…

Q: Why will the leaves of a red rose be warmed more than the petals when illuminated with red light?

A: The petals of a red rose reflect all the red light coming from the source, whereas the leaves absorb…

Q: What is the effect on the color of a cloud when it contains an abundance of large droplets?

A: The sunlight scattering the droplets in absorb most of the light.

Q: What makes a rainbow curved?

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Q: Why is sunset red? Group of answer choices Psychology. The Sun itself turns redder at sunset. Blue…

A: Answer-: blue light is scattered away.

Q: Why would the wet road appear to the driver to be darker than the dry road?

A: This phenomenon is based on reflection and refraction basically. We know that the images we see are…

Q: Why does the Sun appear reddish early in the morning?

A: When sun rises, the rays coming from the Sun have to travel a large distance in earth’s atmosphere…

Q: What type of wave is light?

A: The light wave is transverse in nature.

Q: Why is the sky a darker blue when you are at high altitudes? (Hint: What color is the “sky” on the…

A: The color of sky is actually black, and in the morning due to scattering of sunlight we see a bluish…

Q: Why is red paint red?

A: Red ochre is a simple compound composed of iron and oxygen which gives the colour to the paint.

Q: Why do you find the same wavelengths and colors on each side of the central maxima?

A: The central maximum is defined as the brightest central zone of the diffraction pattern on the…

Q: How rainbow is formed?

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Q: If the sunlight were somehow green instead of white, what color clothing would be most advisable on…

A: If the sunlight were somehow green instead of white, then on a very hot day green colored clothes…

Q: Red sunrises occur for the same reason as red sunsets. But sunsets are usually more colorful than…

A: The light rays coming from the sun toward earth either scattered or transmitted from the Earth’s…

Q: Why is a secondary rainbow dimmer than a primary bow?

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Q: Why does smoke from campfire look blue against trees near the ground but yellow against the sky?

A: We see the scattered light from the smoke which is blue in color near the ground, while in the sky,…

Q: How would the whiteness of snow appear if Earth's atmosphere were several times denser?

A: According to the Rayleigh scattering, the dispersion is greater at lower wavelengths (higher…

Q: Which of the following best explains the view of light one sees during sunset? a. The sunset view…

A: Dear student, Since all questions are different as per guidelines we can author only first one…

Q: Why does the Sun look reddish at sunrise and sunset but not at noon?

A: The sun appears reddish at sunrise and sunset due to the scattering of light due the small air…

Q: Why does a rainbow exist only in a narrow band?

A: The rainbow is caused by the refraction of light through the water droplets. The angle of refraction…

Q: What is Atmospheric Refraction?

A: The refraction of light by the Earth’s atmosphere is known as atmospheric refraction. Atmospheric…

Q: why are red , green and blue called the additive primary colours?

A: Additive primary colours are the primary colour elements that make up white light. These colours are…

Q: What would you observe if you tilted a barometer 30 from the vertical? Explain.

A: The pressure due to the fluid is given by  P = h d g  where, h is the height, d is the density of…

Q: What causes the spectrum of colors seen in gasoline splotches on a wet street? Why are these not…

A: Average velocity equals instantaneous velocity means that velocity remains constant over the time.…

Q: Why the Sun and the surrounding sky appears red during Sunrise and Sunset?

A: Sunlight consists of different color with different wavelength which get scattered by the small…

Q: Explain why we see distant mountains as blue green in color instead of seeing it as green?

A: The sky is blue because the air in the atmosphere scatters blue light.

Q: Is it scattering or reflection that accounts for whiteness of a cloud?

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Q: If the sunlight were somehow green in color instead of white, what color clothing would be advisable…

A: Since green color will absorb all color frequencies except green so when sunlight of green color…

Q: Why does a high flying airplane cast little or no shadow on ground below while a low flying airplane…

A: An aeroplane cast little or no shadow when flying high above the ground whereas a low flying…

Dispersion of White Light

Snell’s law is a formula that gives a relation between the angle of incidence and angle of refraction and is given as: