When light splits after passing through a glass prism into seven colours, the phenomenon is called:

reflection of light

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refraction of light

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dispersion of light

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specturm

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Solution

The correct option is C dispersion of light
Correct answers is (c)

Dispersion is the splitting up of white light into seven colors on passing through a glass prism. When white light is passed through a prism, a band of seven colors are formed also known as spectrum. The seven colors in the spectrum are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet respectively.

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Statement 1: When white light ray passes through a prism it disperses into seven different colours, and this phenomenon is called dispersion.

Statement 2: Refraction depends upon the wavelength of light and since different colours have different wavelengths, they are refracted at different angles and so they are split into the colour spectrum.

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