What is white light? Why do we perceive different colors with a prism?

What will be an ideal response?


White light is composed of all the colors blended together uniformly. The colors are all present, as is shown when a prism spreads them back apart; each color corresponds to a different wavelength of EM radiation.

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A. ?vx = 0; ?vy = 0. B. ?vx = g?t; ?vy = 0. C. ?vx = 0; ?vy = g?t. D. ?vx = 0; ?vy = ?g?t. E. ?vx = g?t; ?vy = ?g?t.

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If the Sun ceased to generate nuclear fusion in its core, the Sun would immediately begin to collapse inward

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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When the alignment of the Sun, the Moon, and Earth produce a lunar eclipse, the body that is in between the other two is the

A) Sun. B) Moon. C) Earth.

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Electrons in a particle beam each have a kinetic energy of 4.0 × 10^?17 J. What is the magnitude of the electric field that will stop these electrons in a distance of 0.3 m? (e = 1.6 × 10^?19 C)

a. 1.9E+3 N/C b. 7.5E+3 N/C c. 8.3E+2 N/C d. 1.3E+3 N/C e. 6.3E+3 N/C

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