Light Waves Properties

Which of the following phenomenon is not associated with scattering of light?

• rainbow formation

• red-orange sunset

• blue sky

• white clouds

Which of the following best describes Rayleigh scattering?

• It occurs when the particles are of the same size as the wavelength of light being scattered.

• It occurs when the particles are much larger than the wavelength of light.

• It occurs when the scattering particles are small compared to the wavelength of light interacting with it

• None of the above

What do we call to the splitting of white light into its constituents colors?

• scattering

• dispersion

• interference

• diffraction

Which type of interference will occur if monochromatic waves from two or more coherent sources of the same frequency arrive in phase at a point?

• constructive

• deconstructive

• instructive

• superposition

This is known as the bending of light around an obstacle and subsequent spreading of light waves into the region behind the obstacle.

• dispersion

• scattering

• interference

• diffraction