Rainbows

A Rainbow is formed due to

• reflection

• refraction

• both refraction and reflection

• Magic Leprechauns

When a rainbow is formed the sun is

• behind you

• in front of you

• directly overhead

• to the side of you

As you look at a rainbow, the colors go from top to bottom in what order?

• ROYGBIV

• VIBGYOR

• GYORVIB

• pretty to beautiful

Sam was sitting at his desk in front of a window doing his homework. Sunlight shined through the window and a glass of water on the desk and creates a rainbow across Sam's paper. Where did the colors in the rainbow come from?

• There was a chemical reaction between the sunlight and water that created the colors

• Since the glass was curved, it made the sunlight change colors.

• The white sunlight was separated into all the colors that make up white light.

• The only way the rainbow could appear is because of a picture on the glass

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When a rainbow is formed outside naturally, what causes the light to refract?

• A. Small raindrops

• B. Sunlight rays

• C. Tiny mirrors

• D. Glass prisms

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What causes a rainbow to form?

• Reflection of light in water droplets

• Refraction and internal reflection of sunlight in raindrops

• Absorption of sunlight by clouds

• Transmission of light through the atmosphere

A rainbow is sunlight disbursed into a spectrum of colors ranging from red to violet. When you are facing a rainbow, the sun is always behind you, the rain is in the direction of the rainbow, and the arc of the rainbow is directly opposite the sun. Which statement best describes the formation of a rainbow?

• 1. Tiny water droplets absorb the light waves that strike them, disbursing the light into colored arcs.

• 1. Light is absorbed by the tiny water droplets in the atmosphere.

• 1. Light travels faster after the rain due to increased moisture in the air.

• 1. The water droplets in the air refract the light waves separating the light into colored arcs.

Which of these causes the colors in a rainbow to separate?

• sunlight passing through raindrops

• strong winds

• Earth's gravity

• different colors of light going at different speeds

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Everyone sees their own rainbow:

• True

• False

• I don't know

• what rainbow?

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Rainbows can be a complete circle:

• True

• False

• I don't know

• Wouldn't that be a raincircle?