CLASS: X

SECTION: ALL SECTIONS

SUBJECT: SCIENCE (Physics)
SESSION: 2021-22
Chapter-11 Human Eye & Colourful World
ASSIGNMENT-12
Note – The assignment is required to be printed, attempted and pasted in the Physics notes register.

Q1. Read the following and answer the questions that follow:
The spreading of light by the air molecules is called scattering of light. The light having least wavelength scatters
more. The sun appears red at sunrise and sunset, appearance of blue sky it is due to the scattering of light. The
colour of the scattered light depends on the size of particles. The smaller the molecules in the atmosphere scatter
smaller wavelengths of light. The amount of scattering of light depends on the wavelength of light. When light from
sun enters the earth’s atmosphere, it gets scattered by the dust particles and air molecules present in the
atmosphere. The path of sunlight entering in the dark room through a fine hole is seen because of scattering of the
sun light by the dust particles present in its path inside the room.

(i) To an astronaut in a spaceship, the earth appears:

(a) red (b) blue (c) white (d) dark

(ii) At the time of sunrise and sunset, the light from sun has to travel:
(a) longest distance of atmosphere (b) shortest distance of atmosphere
(c) both (a) and (b) (d) can’t say

(iii) The colour of sky appears blue; it is due to the:

(a) refraction of light through the atmosphere (b) dispersion of light by air molecules
(c) scattering of light by air molecules (d) all of these

(iv) The danger signs are made red in colour, because:

(a) the red light can be seen from farthest distance (b) the scattering of red light is least
(c) both (a) and (b) (d) none of these

Q2. Read the following and answer the questions that follow:
Colourful clothes, colour television and the flashing-coloured lights in a disco all help to make life brighter. It was
Newton who, in 1666, set us on the road to understanding how colours may arise. He produced them by allowing
sunlight (which is white) to fall on a triangular glass prism. The band of colours obtained is a spectrum and this
phenomenon is dispersion.

1. For which colour refractive index of glass is maximum?

(a) Red (b) Violet (c) Yellow (d)Green

2. The seven coloured light of a spectrum can be recombined when two prisms are placed in:
(a) Horizontal position with respect to each other. (b) Adjacent position with respect to each other
(c) Inverted position with respect to each other (d) Vertical position with respect to each other

3. When white light enters into a prism, it gets split into its constituent colours. This is due to:
(a) Different refractive index for different wavelength of each colour (b) Each colour has same velocity in the prism
(c) Prism material have high density (d) Scattering of light

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 4 The angle between incident ray and emergent ray of prism is called:
(a) Angle of incidence (b) Angle of deviation (c) Angle of emergence (d) Angle of refraction

5. Which of the following is a natural phenomenon caused by the dispersion of sunlight in the sky:
a) Twinkling of stars b) Stars seem higher than they actually are
c) Advanced sunrise and delayed sunset d) Rainbow

Q3. Choose the correct option.

1. The red colour of the sun at the time of sunrise and sunset is because:
(a) red colour is least scattered (b) blue colour is least scattered
(c) red colour is most scattered (d) blue colour is most scattered

2. Which of the following is not caused by the atmospheric refraction of light?

(a) twinkling of stars at night (b) sun appearing higher in the sky than it actually is
(c) sun appearing red at sunset (d) sun becoming visible two minutes before actual sunrise

3. Sunset is red because at that time the light coming from the sun has to travel:
(a) lesser thickness of earth’s atmosphere (b) greater thickness of earth’s atmosphere
(c) varying thickness of earth’s atmosphere (d) along the horizon

4. Scattering caused by microscopic solid particles suspended in a liquid or gas is called:

(a) Dispersion (b) Atmospheric refraction (c) Raman effect (d)Tyndall effect

5. Twinkling of stars is due to atmospheric:

(a) dispersion of light by water droplets (b) refraction of light by different layers of varying refractive indices.
(c) scattering of light by dust particles (d) internal reflection of light by clouds

6. The danger signals installed at the top of tall buildings are red in colour. These can be easily seen from a distance
because among all other colours, the red light
(a) is scattered the most by smoke or fog (b) is scattered the least by smoke or fog
(c) is absorbed the most by smoke or fog (d) moves fastest in air

Q4. For the following questions two statements are given- one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled
Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below:
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of the assertion.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
(c) A is true, but R is false.
(d) A is false, but R is true.
(i) Assertion (A): Tyndall Effect is an optical phenomenon of light used to explain atmospheric refraction.
Reason (R): When sunlight passes through the window of your house, the dust particles make the path of the
light visible.

(ii) Assertion (A): The sky looks dark and black instead of blue in outer space.
Reason (R): No atmosphere containing air in the outer space to scatter sunlight.

Note: You may check the following link for the better understanding of this topic.
https://youtu.be/sjPVjOhm8q4

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