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What’s the reason behind the blue color of the sky?a.The water vapor is present b.The sunlight gets scattered due to the air molecules c.The blue light gets absorbed by the aird.The blue light is emitted through the atmosphere

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What’s the reason behind the blue color of the sky?a.The water vapor is present b.The sunlight gets scattered due to the air molecules c.The blue light gets absorbed by the aird.The blue light is emitted through the atmosphere

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The reason behind the blue color of the sky is b. The sunlight gets scattered due to the air molecules. This phenomenon is known as Rayleigh scattering. It occurs when the Sun's light reaches Earth's atmosphere and is scattered in all directions by the gases and particles in the air. Blue light is scattered more than other colors because it travels in shorter, smaller waves. This is why we see the sky as blue most of the time.

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