Question

When you separate white light based on the differences in wavelength of its constituent colors you are doing which of the following?

A.refracting the light

B.dispersing the light

C.reflecting the light

D.polarizing the light

Answer 1

A refracting the light

Answer 2

Answer:

B.dispersing the light

Explanation:

When you pass light through a prism, you divide the white light based on the differences in wave length, creating the seven colors that form the white light, it is called dispersing the light, because you are dispersing the light in its different constituent colors.