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7 August, 06:38

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

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  1. 7 August, 07:13
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    Refraction causes the ray of white light to be split into seven different colors.

    Answer: A. Refraction
  2. 7 August, 07:17
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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.
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