Question

Fill in the blank.

Water droplets acts as a _________.

• A. small prisms
• B. small glasses
• C. small lenses
• D. small pieces of glass

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

small prisms

$Answer:-$ A

A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky.Each water droplet here acted as small prism and caused dispersion. It takes the form of a multicoloured arc. Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite the sun.