Scattering of Light
Physics ⇒ Light and Optics
Scattering of Light starts at 9 and continues till grade 12.
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A student observes that a beam of light passing through a glass of milk becomes visible. What is the reason for this observation?
Describe how the color of the sky would change if Earth's atmosphere contained larger particles.
Describe the difference in the appearance of the sky on a clear day and a cloudy day in terms of light scattering.
Describe the effect of particle size on the color of scattered light.
Describe why stars appear to twinkle at night.
Explain why danger signals are red in color.
Explain why the sky appears black when viewed from the moon.
A student observes that a beam of light passing through a glass of milk becomes visible. What is the reason for this observation?
Which color of light is scattered the least by the atmosphere? (1) Blue, (2) Green, (3) Red, (4) Violet
Which law explains the intensity of scattered light as inversely proportional to the fourth power of wavelength? (1) Snell's Law, (2) Rayleigh's Law, (3) Newton's Law, (4) Huygens' Principle
Which of the following best explains why the sky appears reddish at sunrise and sunset? (1) Shorter path through the atmosphere, (2) Longer path through the atmosphere, (3) No scattering, (4) Reflection of light
Which of the following colors is scattered the most in the atmosphere? (1) Red, (2) Blue, (3) Green, (4) Yellow
A beam of light passes through a colloidal solution and becomes visible. This phenomenon is called ________.
Fill in the blank: The blue color of smoke from a motorcycle is due to ________ scattering.
Fill in the blank: The intensity of Rayleigh scattered light is proportional to 1/λ____.
Fill in the blank: The phenomenon responsible for the visibility of a beam of sunlight in a dusty room is ________.
True or False: Mie scattering is responsible for the white appearance of clouds.
True or False: Scattering of light is responsible for the white appearance of clouds.
True or False: The amount of scattering increases as the size of the scattering particles increases.
True or False: The color of the ocean appears blue mainly due to the scattering of sunlight by water molecules.
