Question 2

(a) What is meant by dispersion of white light?

(b) State the colours in the spectrum of white light in ascending order of their wavelengths

(c) Which colour is deviated.

(i) least

(ii) most?

(d) Explain why white light is dispersed when it passes through a glass prism.

(e) Describe, with the aid of a labelled diagram, how a pure spectrum of white light can be produced on a screen.

Theory

Question details

Exam body
WAEC
Subject
Physics
Year
1996
Question no.
#2
Type
Theory

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