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Give scientific reasons :
A beam of light is not seen in plain water, but it is seen in turbid water.

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There are no tiny particles in plain water required for scattering of light, due to which the beam of light is not seen in plain water. Whereas, in turbid water, there are tiny particles. On hitting these particles, the light rays get scattered. When these scattered rays enter our eyes, we see the beam of light
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