Scattering of Light
Physics ⇒ Light and Optics
Scattering of Light starts at 9 and continues till grade 12.
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A beam of light passes through a colloidal solution and becomes visible. What is this phenomenon called?
A student observes that the headlights of a car appear dimmer and reddish in fog. Explain why.
Describe how the color of the sky would change if the Earth's atmosphere contained larger particles.
Describe the Tyndall effect.
Explain why danger signals are red in color.
Explain why the sky appears black when viewed from the moon.
Explain why the sky appears blue during the day.
Explain why the sky appears reddish during sunrise and sunset.
Explain why the sun appears white at noon.
Name the scientist who explained the blue color of the sky due to scattering of light.
State the relationship between the intensity of scattered light (I) and the wavelength (λ) according to Rayleigh's law.
What is meant by the scattering of light?
What is Rayleigh scattering?
Why do clouds appear white?
Why do stars twinkle at night?
Why does the sky appear dark to astronauts in space?
