The blue colour of the sky is due to the phenomenon of (a) scattering (b) dispersion (c) reflection (d) refraction

Answer: (a). Rayleigh scattering intensity ∝ (1)/(λ⁴), so blue light is scattered much more than red. The scattered blue light reaches us from all directions of the sky. So the answer is (a) scattering.

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Prism, Dispersion & Scattering

The blue colour of the sky is due to the phenomenon of

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Answer: (a)

Rayleigh scattering intensity $\propto \frac{1}{\lambda^4}$ , so blue light is scattered much more than red.
The scattered blue light reaches us from all directions of the sky.
So the answer is (a) scattering.

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