6.1 - Dispersion of Light
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Practice Questions
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What is dispersion?
💡 Hint: Think about how a prism works.
List the seven colors in VIBGYOR.
💡 Hint: Use the acronym VIBGYOR to help.
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What is the name of the phenomenon that splits white light?
💡 Hint: Look for the process that separates colors.
True or False: Red light bends the most when passing through a prism.
💡 Hint: Think about VIBGYOR and the bending order.
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A prism separates white light into a spectrum. If you reverse the prism, will the colors recombine into white light? Explain why.
💡 Hint: 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.
💡 Hint: Subtract the bending angles of the two colors.
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