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The splitting of white light into its colored components is called _____.

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Spectrum
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Dispersion
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Deviation
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Refraction
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Solution

The correct option is B Dispersion
The prism splits the incident light beam into a band of 7 colors. This band of colored components of a light beam is called its spectrum and the phenomenon of splitting of light into its component colours is called dispersion.

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