EXERCISE DISPERSION OF LIGHT,SCATTERING OF LIGHT & ADDITION AND

SUBSTRACTION OF LIGHT

NAME: _______________________________ CLASS : ______________

1. What is the dispersion of light?

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2. Fill in the blanks with the words given to explain how the phenomenon below
occurs.
dispersion light seven spectrum refracted

The rainbow phenomenon happens when light is ____________ inside water droplets
and forms a ___________ of light. When ____________ exits the water droplets, the
light is separated into its components of colours through the ___________ of light.
There are ___________ colours produced forming a rainbow.

3. Write the spectrum of colours produced (colours of rainbow) when light is

dispersed in order.
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4. What is the meaning of scattering of light?
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5. Name the phenomena shown in the diagrams below and explain how the
phenomena occur.

During midday, the Sun is During sunset, the Earth is

positioned __________ to the positioned __________ to the
surface of the Earth. There are a surface of the Earth. The
lot of __________, dust and dirt _________ light is scattered the
particles in the atmosphere. The most thus it is not visible. The
particles __________ the __________ and _________
sunlight. Most of the _________ lights travel through the
and _________ light are absorbed atmosphere without obstruction
by the atmosphere. Our eyes are and reach the eyes of the
more sensitive to the blue light, observer. This makes the Sun
making the sky appears appears _________ and the sky
__________. to appear reddish during sunset.
6. Answer the following question.

a) What is a primary colour?

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b) Name the primary colours based on the diagram above.
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c) What is a secondary colour?
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d) Based on the diagram above, which are the secondary colours?
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7. What is the subtraction of light?

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8. Complete the following table of addition of colour based on diagram above.

White Red Green Blue
Red Red
Green Green
Blue Blue