Physics 5054 · O Level · Dispersion of light

Dispersion of light — practice question

A beam of white light passes into a prism, as illustrated. Which row is correct?

  • Adispersion only; frequency of red light compared with frequency of blue light: smaller
  • Brefraction only; frequency of red light compared with frequency of blue light: greater
  • Cdispersion and refraction; frequency of red light compared with frequency of blue light: smaller
  • Ddispersion and refraction; frequency of red light compared with frequency of blue light: greater

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