Practice Spectrum (6) - Spectrum

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Question 1.
What are the seven colors in the visible spectrum?
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Recall the acronym VIBGYOR.
Question 2.
What is dispersion?
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Think of how light changes when passing through glass.
3Question 3.
What is the order of colors in the visible spectrum?
- Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Violet
- Yellow, Red, Blue, Green, Orange
- Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red
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Remember the colors of a rainbow.
4Question 4.
True or False: Red light bends the most when passing through a prism.
- True
- False
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Consider which colors have longer wavelengths.
Question 5.
How would you experimentally determine the refractive index of different colors of light using a prism? Outline your approach.
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Use a beam of white light and different filters to isolate colors.
Question 6.
If a prism could be designed to separate light differently, what implications would this have on fields such as photography or astronomy?
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Consider how optics can influence the clarity and detail in imaging.

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