Rainbow Context Clues

Rainbow Context Clues

A rainbow is a multi-colored arc that forms in the sky from reflected & refracted light in water droplets.

The light bends inside the rain drops creating a rainbow!

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What does the word arc mean?

• arch

• river

• badge

A rainbow is not a physical entity. It cannot be approached or touched.

The closer you get, the farther away it gets!

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What does the word entity mean?

• character

• thing

• storm

Sir Isaac Newton identified the 7 colors of the rainbow spectrum that together make up white light.

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What does the word spectrum mean?

• stripe

• cloud

• not normal

The "primary rainbow" is the most familiar rainbow where red is on the outer edge and violet is on the inner edge.

We know what a rainbow usually looks like.

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What does the word familiar mean?

• friendly

• popular

• hunted

A rainbow happens when millions of spherical water droplets overlap to create white light

What shape does a drop of water look like?

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What does the word spherical mean?

• like a circle

• mean

• big

The sky within a primary rainbow is brighter than the sky outside of the curvature.

The rainbow itself is brighter than the sky.

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What does the word curvature mean?

• yard

• sky

• arch

A "double rainbow" is when a second much dimmer arc can be seen outside of the primary rainbow

The second rainbow is fainter than the first rainbow!

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What does the word dimmer mean?

• lighter

• louder

• colder

This is caused by the illumination reflecting twice inside the water droplets.

The sun shines in the drop of water two times!

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What does the word illumination mean?

• water

• air

• light

As a result of this double reflection, the colors of the second rainbow are inverted with purple on the outer edge and red on the inner edge.

Purple is on the top and red is on the bottom of the second rainbow!

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What does the word inverted mean?

• mirrored

• not interesting

• tasty

A "moonbow" is a rare lunar rainbow or nighttime rainbow produced by light from the moon.

What light is there at night to make a rainbow?

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What does the word lunar mean?

• thick

• not bright

• moon