PHENOMENA OF LIGHT

Learning Targets

Differentiate dispersion, scattering,
interference, and diffraction

Explain various light phenomena such as:
A. Your reflection on the concave and
convex sides of a spoon looks different
B. Mirages
C. Light from a red laser passes more easily
though red cellophane than green
cellophane
D. Clothing of certain colors appear
different in artificial light and in sunlight
E. Haloes, sundogs, primary rainbows,
secondary rainbows, and supernumerary
bows
F. Why clouds are usually white and
rainclouds dark
 G. Why the sky is blue and sunsets are
reddish