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प्रश्न
When sunlight enters the earth’s atmosphere, state which colour of light is scattered
- the most and
- which the least.
उत्तर
Violet colour is scattered the most and red the least, as the intensity of scattered light is found to be inversely proportional to the fourth power of the wavelength of light.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is meant by scattering of light? Use this phenomenon to explain why the clear sky appears blue or the Sun appears reddish at sunrise.
Why does sun appear red at sunrise and sunset?
Why does the sun appear reddish early in the morning? Will this phenomenon be observed by an observer on the moon? Justify your answer with a reason.
Which phenomenon makes us see the sun:
a few minutes before actual sunrise?
Which phenomenon makes us see the sun:
a few minutes after actual sunset?
What happens when a beam of sunlight enters a dusty room through a window? Explain your answer.
Sunset is red because at that time the light coming from the sun has to travel:
(a) lesser thickness of earth's atmosphere
(b) greater thickness of earth's atmosphere
(c) varying thickness of earth's atmosphere
(d) along the horizon
In an experiment to study the scattering of light by passing a beam of white light through a colloidal solution of sulphur in a transparent glass tank:
Which colour is observed from the sides of the glass tank? Does this colour correspond to the colour of sky on a clear day or the colour of sky around the sun at sunset?
Name the point on the lens through which a ray of light passes undeviated.
Which colour of white light is scattered the least? Give reason.
