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    This document describes a laboratory experiment using a prism to separate white light into a rainbow of colors. Students are instructed to shine a thin beam of light through a prism placed on a sheet of paper. By rotating the prism, the light separates into a visible color spectrum from top to bottom. Students then answer questions about the composition of white light and how the prism's refraction of different wavelengths causes the color separation.

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    This document describes a laboratory experiment using a prism to separate white light into a rainbow of colors. Students are instructed to shine a thin beam of light through a prism placed on a sheet of paper. By rotating the prism, the light separates into a visible color spectrum from top to bottom. Students then answer questions about the composition of white light and how the prism's refraction of different wavelengths causes the color separation.

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    Laboratory Experiment No. 1.

    Prism

    Activity Card 1. Behind the White Light


    Objective: Investigate how sunlight can be separated into a rainbow of
    colors through prism.
    What you need:
    1. White flat surface
    2. Prism
    3. Light beam
    4. Card board
    5. Paper and pen
    What to do:
    1. Place two pieces of cardboard with a small gap between them to allow
    a thin slit of light to go through the gap.

    2. Place a prism on a sheet of paper and a few cm in front of the beam of


    light.

    3. Rotate the prism slightly until a clear and wide spectrum is visible.
    Process Questions for Activity 1:
    1. What is white light made of? Write down the color spectrum you
    observed in proper order from top to bottom.
    2. What is the name given to the band of colours observed?
    3. What color bends the least?
    4. What color bends the most?
    5. Explain why white light splits up into different colors when it goes
    through a prism?

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