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There are always a lot of reports from people who claim to have seen a rainbow,
so I guess we would have to conclude that there is something visible about it.
Yes rainbows actually happen due to a phenomenon called as diffraction. The light rays essentially bend around the water drops in the air. That's why you see rainbows after rains and you can also see them when you hose water under direct sun when there is fine mist of water spray.
The water drops essentially become tiny prisms which then split the light. We only see the visible spectrum because that's what we can see in the light range.
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Why is the rainbow colors red orange yellow green blue purple?
Those are the light waves that are visible when the sun light is refracted through the rain drops in the sky.
Is a rainbow a transverse or compression wave?
A rainbow is made of different wavelengths (different colors) of light waves, and light waves are usually considered transverse waves.
What are Visible light waves?
exactly what you said its called visible light.
Where is visible light found in the electromagnetic spectrum?
Electromagnetism is manifest along a continuum between slower radio waves and faster energy gamma waves. Visible light can be found in the range between infrared light (slower than waves of visible light) and ultraviolet light (faster than waves of visible light).
When visible light is separated into various colors of the visible spectrum what is formed?
A rainbow? I mean you are seeing the entire visible spectrum... Rainbow isn't the most scientific word but it's something...rainbow is refracted light so yea final answer... Rainbow
What is a visible form of energy?
visible light waves
Are visible light waves the same as sound waves?
No.
1 What types of waves are light and electromagnetic waves?
The type of waves that are electromagnetic are the visible light waves
What is a light wave?
Visible light waves are the only electromagnetic waves we can see. We see these waves as the colors of the rainbow. Each color has a different wavelength. Red has the longest wavelength and violet has the shortest wavelength. When all the waves are seen together, they make white light.
Light waves move at a higher frequency than?
Visible light has higher frequency than that of infra red radiations. The order of electro magnetic waves in the increasing order of frequency are as follows: Radio waves, micro waves, infra red, ROY G BIV (visible region), ultraviolet, X-ray and gamma ray.
What is the definition of visible light waves?
EM rays which are in the range of visible light.
Are visible light waves mechanical waves?
No. They're electromagnetic waves.
