Dispersion

Question 1

How does dispersion occur?

Answer 1

• Dispersion is when white light is refracted through a prism to form RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, INDIGO, VIOLET (remember these colours using this name, ROY G BIV)

Question 2

Why does dispersion occur?

Answer 2

This occurs because violet light slows down more and bends more than red light.

Question 3

What are the colours white light turns when refracted through a prism?

Answer 3

RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, INDIGO, VIOLET

Question 4

What is white light? And how can it be split?

Answer 4

It is a mixture of many different colours. It can be split into a spectrum using a prism.

Question 5

What can white light be split into

Answer 5

A Spectrum

Question 6

When white light is split into many colours what is this called?

Answer 6

Dispersion