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  • 14-11-2018
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What causes a ray of white light to split into seven colors when passed through a prism? A. refraction B. reflection C. filtering D. absorption

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TheGreatWulfbite
TheGreatWulfbite TheGreatWulfbite
  • 14-11-2018

Refraction causes the ray of white light to be split into seven different colors.


Answer: A. Refraction

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AL2006
AL2006 AL2006
  • 14-11-2018

Refraction causes the light to bend. Each wavelength bends by a slightly different amount.

The light doesn't "split into 7 colors". It smears, into all of the thousands of colors that eyes can detect, plus some that they can't.

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