CO2 demonstration

Red sunsets, blue moons, and milky-white skies are mainly the result of________.

• dispersion

• scattering

• interference

• diffraction

the blue color of distant mountains is due primarily to_________.

• diffraction of light

• dispersion of light

• refraction of light

• scattering of light

The blue color of the sky is due to _____________.

• selective scattering of visible light by air molecules

• reflection of sunlight off the earth's ocean

• the filtering effect of water vapor in earth's atmosphere

• transmission of visible light through the ozone layer in the earth's atmosphere

the splitting of white light into its constituent colors is called_________.

• dispersion

• scattering

• interference

• reflection

the band of colors result in the dispersion of white light

• color wheel

• color coding

• color spectrum

• colorless

The process in which light gets deflected by the particles in the medium through which the light passes is called

• Diffraction

• Interference

• Scattering

• Dispersion

refers to any situation in which two or more waves overlap in space

• diffraction

• interference

• scattering

• dispersion

small particle components scatter what type of frequencies?

• high frequency

• lower frequency

• intermediate frequency

• none at all

which of the following is the most common example of diffraction?

• blue sky

• rainbow

• soap bubbles

• silver lining

what concept best describes the formation of a rainbow?

• diffraction

• scattering

• dispersion

• interference