WONDER #2496: What Are Prisms?

Question 1 of 3

This Wonder was mostly about...

1. how rainbows form after a rainstorm.
2. which colors of light move the fastest through a prism or droplet of rain.
3. prisms, which Sir Isaac Newton used to learn about the spectrum of light.
4. why people used to think prisms distorted light.

Question 2 of 3

Sir Isaac Newton used a _________________ prism in his experiment.

1. triangular
2. rectangular
3. cylindrical
4. hexagonal

Question 3 of 3

What is it called when white light is split into the spectrum of colors that make it up?

1. Refraction
2. Division
3. Reflection
4. Dispersion

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