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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Brandon Dennis

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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Reed Hess · Answer 1

Refraction causes the ray of white light to be split into seven different colors.

Answer: A. Refraction

Daniela Hines · Answer 2

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.