Question

Look at the picture of the prism separating light. Which explains why a prism can separate sunlight into a rainbow of all the visible colors? Right triangle prism with beam of white light touching its right corner and beam of colored light coming out from its base Question 4 options:

A. Light of each wavelength travels at a different speed through a vacuum.

B. The glass of a prism absorbs some colors and transmits others.

C. Light of each wavelength is refracted at a different angle.

D. The prism reflects light of each wavelength at a different angle.

Answer 1

B

Explanation:

Answer 2

It’s D. First of prisms are used to break up light conduit spectral colors because of the refractive index depends on frequency, the white light enters the prism and is a mixture of different frequencies each of which it’s been slightly differently.