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

Q: Why is the foam of root beer white, while the beverage is dark brown?

A: In the case of foam, it is composed of tiny bubbles of very thin layers; therefore; the scattering…

Q: Why is the sky blue during fair day and why is it red during sunset?

A: This things happen due to the phenomenon scattering of light.

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: Why is the color of the clear sky is blue?

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Q: Why do soap bubbles show glints of random colors?

A: The white light consists of all the colors and when it falls on soap bubble which can be considered…

Q: in which of these case ripe banana will appear black when illuminated with red, yellow , green and…

A: A color whish appears to us is due to the reflection of light from a particular surface. The process…

Q: why does water appears to be cyan in colour?

A: Scattering is defined as the atoms or molecules which are exposed to light absorb light energy and…

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: Why do opaque materials become warmer when light shines on them?

A: The incident light energy on the material of the opaque substances vibrates the atoms r molecules of…

Q: Why do the iridescent colors seen in some seashells (such as abalone shells) change as the shells…

A: The object, substance, or living organism appears in a certain color because it absorbs some…

Q: Why does reflected light from the Sun or Moon appear as a column in the body of water as shown? How…

A: The appearance of the column in the water body is because of the diffused reflection, that is when…

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: Why does the blood of injured deep sea drivers look greenish black in underwater photograph when…

A: Water absorbs different wavelengths of light to different degrees. The longest wavelengths with the…

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

A: Given: red rose

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: What happens when unpolarized light is reflected from a surface?

A: Unpolarized light : An electromagnetic wave keeps vibrating in two or more different planes is…

Q: How does the distance from a page to a light bulb affect the amount of light that illuminates the…

A: The illumination of a light bulb depends on the intensity of the light bulb. Higher the intensity at…

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 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 diamonds sparkle?

A: A diamond, which has a very complex internal structure sparkles very brightly under a good light.…

Q: What is the reason why a green colored shirt looks green?

A: An object color appearance depends on the wavelengths of light which reflected by the object to an…

Q: Why a ray of light passing through the centre of curvature of concave minor gets reflected along the…

A: The reason for light falling on the center of curvature gets reflected back along the same path is…

Q: Do you think that the formation of a rainbow is more a demonstration of the wavelikeor particle-like…

A: Rainbow formation: Rainbow formation is formed due to refraction between water droplets (High…

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: la. A mirage (“inferior mirage") is formed when the air gets gradually cooler as the heig above the…

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Q: Several raisins are placed in a bowl of water, after 24 hours, why does the water changes color?

A: Raisins swell when they are soaked in water. All of this is due to the osmosis process.

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

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

Q: In the opening photo of the duck standing on the rock, why are the duck’s feet not shown in the…

A: As the reflection occurs at same position, the image of the feet formed at same place. The object…

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: 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: You are on a snorkeling trip. Deep below the water, you look up at the surface of the water. Right…

A: According to Snell's law, μ1sinθ1=μ2sinθ2 Here, μ1 is the refractive index for air and μ2 is the…

Q: Red sun rise occurs for the same reason as red sunsets. But sunsets are usually more colourful than…

A: The light from the sun travels through Earth’s atmosphere it undergoes scattering before it reaches…

Q: Comment on the statement “Oh, that beautiful red sunset is just the leftover colors that weren’t…

A: When light falls on suspended particles that are present in the air then it gets scattered. White…

Q: Why are liquid droplets always spherical?

A: Due to surface tension liquid droplets are spherical

Q: Why does light refract when going from one media to another?

A: When light travels from one medium to another generally two important phenomena take place-…