how is a rainbow formed explain with suitable diagram
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Formation of a rainbow:
The water droplets acts like a small prism. As shown in the figure, the water droplets refract and disperse the incident sunlight. ... Due to the dispersion and internal Reflection of light different color reach the observer eye and rainbow is seen.
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Rainbow formation
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SCATTERING
The process is which light is transmitted in all directions when it is incident on a particle which has greater diameter.
- RAINBOW: is an example of dispersion (Spectrum formed by dispersion of sunlight)
- “It is formed due to dispersion of white sun light by raindrops in atmosphere each raindrop act so tiny glass prism”
- Rainbow is always formed opp to sun.
- White light enters these raindrops, different colours rays refract through different angle due to which rainbow is formed.
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