The phenomenon of white light splitting into its constituent colours is known as________.

scattering

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refraction

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dispersion

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internal reflection

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Solution

The correct option is C dispersion
When white light is passed through a prism, it splits into seven different colours i.e violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red.

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