Question

At the time of rainbow, the raindrops in atmosphere acts like

Answer 1

Explanation,

1. When water droplets disperse (such as raindrops or fog) sunlight, this process is known as refraction and then rainbows are created.
2. A rainbow occurs when reflection, refraction, and dispersion of light in water droplets take place, resulting in a spectrum of light seen in the sky.
3. The shape of the rainbow is a multicolored circular arc.
4. The appearance of Sunlight-induced rainbows is always found directly opposite the sun in the sky.
5. Raindrops and prisms are similar because they both cause light to bend when it enters a prism or raindrop.
6. When light enters a raindrop it causes the light to bend (refract) and separates the white lights into different wavelengths, allowing us to see the individual colors of the rainbow.
7. As the sun's rays enter a raindrop, some of the light is reflected back.
8. The refracted light is spread into the spectrum of colors.
9. As the different wavelengths of light reach the back of the raindrop some are refracted out of the raindrop.
10. The raindrops act like miniature prisms, refracting or breaking sunlight into various colors as well as reflecting it to produce the spectrum.
11. Hence, at the time of the rainbow, the raindrops in the atmosphere act like many small prisms.