Dispersion Quiz

What is dispersion of white light?

• Creating a new color from white light

• Turning white light into a single color

• Combining white light with other colors

• Separation of white light into its component colors

Who discovered that white light is made up of different colors?

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Marie Curie

• Galileo Galilei

What is the order of colors in the spectrum formed by dispersion of white light?

• BIVYOR

• ROYBIV

• VIBGYOR

• ROYGBIV

What is the name of the process by which a glass prism separates white light into its component colors?

• Dispersion

• Integration

• Compression

• Combination

What is the color that bends the least when white light passes through a prism?

• Blue

• Red

• Green

• Yellow

What is the phenomenon where different colors of light travel at different speeds through a medium?

• Dispersion

• Diffraction

• Reflection

• Refraction

What is the angle at which light exits a prism called?

• Angle of refraction

• Angle of deflection

• Angle of incidence

• Angle of reflection

What is the name of the device that uses dispersion to separate the colors in a beam of light?

• disperser

• prism

• spectrometer

• refractor

What is the name of the phenomenon where the dispersion of light causes a rainbow to form?

• Dispersion

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Reflection

What is the name of the phenomenon where dispersion causes stars to appear to twinkle?

• Glimmer

• Scintillation

• Shimmer

• Flicker