What causes a ray of white light to split into seven colors when passed through a prism? A. refraction B. reflection C. filterin

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g D. absorption

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katrin2010 [14] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-21T12:22:06+03:00

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<em>Refraction</em> causes the ray of white light to be split into seven different colors.

Answer: <em>A. Refraction</em>

Svetradugi [14.3K] · Answer 2 · 2021-11-21T14:16:58+03:00

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Refraction causes the light to bend. Each wavelength bends by a slightly different amount.

The light doesn't "split into 7 colors". It smears, into all of the thousands of colors that eyes can detect, plus some that they can't.