Which travels more slowly in glass , red light or violet light?

Q: Does the refraction of light make a swimming pool seem deeper or shallower?

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Q: When does light not refract upon entering a different medium?

A: refraction of light

Q: In a movie theater, you can see the beam of projected light.What phenomenon does this exemplify? Why…

A: Tyndall effect is a phenomenon by which scattering of light occurs in a colloid. The given examples…

Q: Can you make a shock wave of light by breaking the light barrier just like supersonic airplanes…

A: The airplane can break the sound barrier when it have the effective velocity greater than the…

Q: What color does red cloth appear to be when illuminated by light from neon sign?

A: The color of an object depends upon the kind of light falls on the surface and the nature of the…

Q: What happens to a light ray when it travels from one material into a thicker (denser) material? Into…

A: Light waves change speed when they pass across the boundary between two substances with a different…

Q: What do the electrons affected by illumination do when they are made to vibrate with greater energy?

A: When electrons of anatomare illuminated with incident photon energy, They begin to oscillate. If…

Q: The bending of light as it passes into a different medium is an example of:

A: Answer:  Refraction

Q: What about diffraction of light?

A: Diffraction is a result of superposition of two different Secondary wavelets coming from different…

Q: How does the average speed of light in glass compare with its speed in a vacuum?

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Q: What color does red cloth appear to be when illuminated by sunlight?

A: It is known that the white light from the sun is a combination of seven different lights with…

Q: What happens if two light waves with the same amplitude interfere?

A: What happens if two light waves with the same amplitude interfere?

Q: In which of these cases will a ripe banana appear black—when illuminated with red, yellow, green, or…

A: Given: A ripe banana

Q: Name the color of which light which is deviated (a) the most (b) the least on passing through prism.

A: When a white light passes through the prism, the white light gets dispersed into different colors…

Q: Your friend says that the reason the distant dark mountains appear blue is because you’re looking at…

A: I agree with the reason that sky is the reason for the distance dark mountains to appear blue.

Q: Why does light bend when it passes through different materials?

A: When light ray travels from one medium to another, its speed either increase or decrease this change…

Q: Why does the arc of a rainbow appear with red on top andviolet on the bottom?

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Q: Your friend says that red and cyan light produce white light because cyan is green + blue, and so…

A: Given: Colours of light

Q: What is the resulting color of equal intensities of red light and cyan light combined?

A: As we know, red, green and blue colors are primary additive color. Cyan light is generally absorbing…

Q: What is meant by scattering of light?

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Q: By how much does light refract when it crosses a boundary?

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Q: The colors are not always the same in a spectrum and in a rainbow

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Q: Can light bend around corners?

A: Yes, Light does bend around the corners.

Q: Will any light leave the top surface of the prism?

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Q: Name the subjective property of light related to its wavelength.

A: The subjective property of light related to its wavelength is colour .

Q: Why does the color of sunsets vary from day to day?

A: The scattering of light is process under which any light rays deflect from its regular path to…

Q: What color results when red is subtracted from white light?

A: Step 1White light consists of the mixture of three colors, red, green and blue.

Q: Does a single raindrop illuminated by sunlight deflect light of a single color or does it disperse a…

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Q: What is scattering of light?

A: The absorption light by the particles in the medium through which light passes id called Scattering…

Q: What is meant by power of a lens?

A: The power of lens tells about the bending of rays of light when it passes through the lens.

Q: When light goes from a more dense medium to a less dense one,

A: Refraction is the phenomena of light in which light bends when passing through one transparent…

Q: The sound coming from one tuning fork can force another to vibrate. What is the analogous effect for…

A: For an incident light wave on a material, the frequency of some constituent color matches the…