Alex shines a white light through a transparent object. As it passes through the object, the white light bends and separates into different bands of color. What kind of object did Alex MOST LIKELY shine the white light through?ResponsesA a concave lensa concave lensB a convex lensa convex lensC a prisma prismD a window
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Alex shines a white light through a transparent object. As it passes through the object, the white light bends and separates into different bands of color. What kind of object did Alex MOST LIKELY shine the white light through?ResponsesA a concave lensa concave lensB a convex lensa convex lensC a prisma prismD a window
Solution
The object Alex most likely shone the white light through is C, a prism. This is because a prism has the ability to refract, or bend, light and separate it into its constituent colors, a phenomenon known as dispersion. This is how we get a spectrum of colors, or a rainbow effect. Neither a concave lens, a convex lens, nor a window typically display this behavior.
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