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What is dispersion?
Think about how a prism works.
List the seven colors in VIBGYOR.
Use the acronym VIBGYOR to help.
What is the name of the phenomenon that splits white light?
Look for the process that separates colors.
True or False: Red light bends the most when passing through a prism.
Think about VIBGYOR and the bending order.
A prism separates white light into a spectrum. If you reverse the prism, will the colors recombine into white light? Explain why.
Consider how angles change when the prism is flipped.
If violet bends at 42° and red bends at 18° in a certain prism, calculate the difference in the bending angles.
Subtract the bending angles of the two colors.
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