Name:

Nit
aMul
yani

SRN:
18340028(
A)

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whati
sar
ainbow?
Arai
nbowi sanopt i
calandmet eor
ologicalphenomenoni n
thefor
m ofmul t
icolored,par
all
ell
ightt hatappearsinthe
skyorot hermedi um.I nthesky,ther ainbow appear
sas
anarcofl ightwi
thi t
st i
ppointi
ngtot hehor i
zonatat i
me
ofli
ghtrain.
~Forseni
orhi
ghschool

Expl
anat
ionTeks:
RAI
NBOW
Rainbow i sanaturalphenomenont hati ssoi mpressiv e.
Thisphenomenonof tenappearsafterrain.Rainbowi san
arcspect rum whichissol argeandoccur sbecauset he
dropsar er ef
ract
edbysunl ight
.Whent hesuni sshi ning
andt helightpassi
ngt hr
oughwat erdroplet
s,theny ouwi l
l
seear ef
racti
onthatcausesawi dev ar
ietyofcolors.Light
i
sr efract
edl i
keli
ghtpassingthr
oughagl asspr i
sm.
Othernames oft he r ai
nbow i sar ainbow whi ch i
sa
symptom ofopticalandmet eorol
ogicalphenomenoni n
whichli
ghtwit
hdi f
ferentcol orsref
ractedpar al
leltoeach
other i
nto water dr oplets. You can al so see t hi
s
phenomenonundert hev eryhighandheav ywaterfal
l
.

How doesr ai
nbow happeni ndet ail
?Al lthehappeni ngs
beginwhent hesunl i
ghtpassingt hrought her ai
ndr ops.
Thent heli
ghti sdef l
ectedt
ot hecenteroft hedroplet.The
whi t
el i
ght,now separ at
ed f rom each ot her i ntoa
spect rum ofcol ors.Theprocessdoesnotst opther e.The
colorst hathav ebeensepar ated,thensepar at
eagai ni nto
thev erysmal lpor ti
ons.Ther ei smor el i
ghtsepar ated
from each ot heri nt hedroplets.Then therear emor e
cur v
edandf i
nallythosecolorf orm alightcurvecal l
eda
rainbow.