> CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY SCIENCE 7 UNIT 6: LIGHT

Worksheet 6.3 Making rainbows

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1. How did Newton discover about light?

2. What is spectrum?

1. Do you ever see a rainbow at night? Why?

3. What is the order of the colours that appear
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in the spectrum?

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4. Define Dispersion.
2. Does the sun have to be shining to enable you to see a rainbow? Why?

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5. Why does dispersion of light happen?
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6. What happens when a ray of white light

3. Does there have to be rain or recent rain to enable you to see a rainbow? Why?
passes through a prism?
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7. What is a triangular prism?
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4. 8.
TheHow do rainbows
diagram form?
shows white light being separated into different colours.

9. Explain why drops of water are needed for a

rainbow to be seen.

10. What name is given to white light being

split into different colours?

The colours are seen on a white screen.

a. Which letter shows the position of red light on the screen?

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 b. Which letter shows the colour of light that is refracted
through the smallest angle? _____________

c. What word describes the range of colours seen on the screen?

refraction reflected separated spectrum

5. What name is given to white light being split into different colours?
refraction dispersion reflection conduction

6. The diagram shows a glass block used to separate white light.

What name describes this piece of equipment?

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