Sunlight - White or Coloured

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Sunlight - White or Coloured: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, White Light, Constituents of White Light & Dispersion etc.

Important Questions on Sunlight - White or Coloured

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λR and λV are wavelengths of red and violet lights. Choose the correct option.

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Primary colours of light are

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How many colours consists in white light?

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The danger signals installed at the top of tall buildings are red. These can be easily seen from a distance because among all other colours, the red light

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When white light passes through the prism, colour which deviates the least is:

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While performing an experiment of dispersion of white light through a prism, four students represented the dispersion pattern as shown below. Identify the correct representation:

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How many colours are there in sunlight? Name them.

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Write the name of colours of the sun rays.

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If a red light ray is incident on a prism, what will happen?

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The light travels with a lower speed in air than in water.

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A concave lens is also known as _____ (converging lens / diverging lens).

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The line joining the centre of curvature of two surfaces of a lens is called its _____. (optical axis/aperture)

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The point of the lens through which the light goes undeviated after refraction is known as _____.

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_____ is an example showing dispersion of light.

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Splitting of light into its colours is known as _____ of light.

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The splitting of light into its component colours is called _____.

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By which optical phenomenon, the splitting of white light into seven constituent colours occur?

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The process by which a beam of white light splits into its constituent colours is known as :