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Why does sunlight show up as a rainbow of colors in a spectroscope?
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∙ 12y ago
Because sunlight is made up of different wavelengths of light, it appears as a rainbow of colors in a spectroscope. Light is divided into its constituent wavelengths, which are perceived by humans as distinct colors, when it travels through a prism or diffraction grating in a spectroscope.
The electromagnetic radiation spectrum that makes up sunlight ranges in wavelength from shorter ones like ultraviolet and violet to longer ones like red and infrared. A spectrum is a continuous band of colors that is created when the colors in sunlight are separated using a prism or diffraction grating.
A particular wavelength of light is associated with each color in the spectrum. This dispersion happens when light waves go through a prism and bend or refract to differing degrees, spreading out and producing the rainbow-like pattern visible in a spectroscope. The visible spectrum is made up of a variety of colors, as this phenomenon shows, and sunshine is not just white light.
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∙ 14y agoWhen you shine white light through a prism, at the correct angle wherever the prism is pointing you will see the spectrum, this is because when the light shines through the angles of the prism, the white light will become dispersed through the angles so that the white light is streched out to reveal what the spectrum is made up of =D
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∙ 12y agoWhen sunlight is looked at outside or through a window, all you is white light because all the wavelengths are squished together but when you look at a portion of the sunlight through a spectroscope, you see the seperated waves that form different colors like a rainbow.
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∙ 13y agoThese gaps are due to fine spectral lines, formed from slight energy level differences. Such splits are also possible when the light is subjected to an intense magnetic field. This effect is known as the Zeeman effect. If such splits occur due to an intense electrical field, then it is known as the Stark effect.
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∙ 15y agoa spectrum appears as a band of colors because,the bending breaks up the sunlight into a band of colors.
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∙ 10y agocheating on test paper !?
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Why does a soap bubble show beautiful colours when illuminated by white light?
The bubble diffracts light waves inside it, splitting white light into the colors of the rainbow.
Why does a glass prism show so many colours when light passed through it?
A glass prism shows colors when light passes through it because of its density, the makeup of glass reflects certain colors and alters them to make a pattern like a rainbow.
A tool used to separate white light and all of its colors?
prism Though not the only thing that can cause light to show its true colors. A CD, when held at various angles to the light a pattern forms on the CD showing the familiar rainbow color scheme (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet or Roy G. Biv). After a rain storm our atmosphere acts like a prism and that is why we get rainbows. I have also seen the trademark rainbow in a puddle and on my windshield,
Two cars of the same model are locked and parked under the sun in an open parking lot. One of them is dirty white in color and the other is dark blue Both are parked from 900 am to 1200 pm. which will?
The dark blue car will show more fading of the paint than the dirty white car will. This is because darker colors attract the sunlight more than lighter colors.
Why do the colors of the rainbow come out of a prism?
A rainbow results only when "white light" shines through it. White light is a combination of light of many different wavelengths (we see different wavelengths as different colors). Each wavelength is refracted (bended) at a slightly different angle, separating the different colors for us to see.
What is viewed through a spectroscope and how does the instrument serve in identifying substances?
A spectroscope is used to view the basic colors of any source of light. It helps show the atomic makeup.
Is sunlight can show different colors?
FALSE
How do colors of the rainbow mix to show a spectram?
tell me the answer plz
What colors show up through prisms?
Red,orange,yellow, green, blue etc... the colors of the rainbow . Roygbiv :)
What did isaac newtons glass prisms show?
white light is made of all colors of the rainbow.
When you shine sunlight through a real diamond will the reflection show a little bit of blue?
Diamonds interact with sunlight the same way prisms interact with sunlight. You will see all the colours of the rainbow reflected by a diamond.
What is an example of an object that breaks white light to show different colors (like a rainbow)?
That's called - a prism.
What colors might a Candid skirt come in?
A candid skirt is just an expression to show how revealing the skirt actually is. They can come in a variety of colors from traditional black and white all the way to rainbow.
Newton discovered that the colors formed by a prism can be recombined to create light?
He discovers what is known as the rainbow, by using a prism to show that light is made up of all of those colors.
Why does a soap bubble show beautiful colours when illuminated by white light?
The bubble diffracts light waves inside it, splitting white light into the colors of the rainbow.
Why is a rainbow only show when it rains?
The same reason there are rainbows in the sky: the rain acts as a prism, which splits the sunlight into it's different colors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prism_(optics)
Why is the second rainbow in a double rainbow reversed?
to show that it is special
