Question

Light waves come in different wavelengths and frequencies. The color of the light we see is dependent on wavelength. When we see a rainbow, we are actually seeing

Question 18 options:

light waves of the same frequency.


light waves of the same wavelength.


a single wave of light.


light waves of different wavelengths.

Answer 1

We are seeing light waves of different wavelengths. So, the light waves of different colors with different wavelengths disperse in different angles which enables us to see different colors of rainbow.

Answer 2

different wavelengths which can be split up by the water in the rainbow into the spectrum, likewise with a school laboratory prism spectrometer