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Why is it dangerous to drive on a foggy day ?

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On a foggy day, most of the light gest scattered by the particles in the fog and the visibility reduces. So it is dangerous to drive on a foggy day.
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  3. What is dispersion of light?

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  4. Name the colours that constitute white light in the order of increasin...

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  5. List the colours observed in a spectrum through a prism in the increas...

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  6. Light of two colours A and B passes through a prism. A deviates more t...

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  7. Mention one difference between refraction in a prism and a glass slab.

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  10. Why is it dangerous to drive on a foggy day ?

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  12. Why does disperson occur only on refraction and not on reflection ?

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  13. How does the sky appear from the surface of the moon ?

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  14. What is the reason for atmospheric refraction ?

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  15. On what factor does the colour of the scattered light depend ?

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  17. What is the cause of random wavering or flickering of the objects near...

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  18. Name any two phenomena which arise due to scattering of light in the e...

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  19. What would have been the colour of the sky, in the absence of atmosphe...

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  20. Why are the traffic light-signals [or danger signals] of red colour ?

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