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Chloeellawright

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Which of these are the primary optical phenomena causing a rainbow?
 
  A) dispersion, interference
  B) reflection, diffraction
  C) reflection, interference
  D) refraction, reflection
  E) diffraction, reflection

Question 2

When sunlight interacts with a raindrop to produce a rainbow, how many refractive events occur for each drop?
 
  A) 2 B) 1 C) 42 D) zero


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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

A


Chloeellawright

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Reply 2 on: Jul 14, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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