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What characteristic property of light is responsible for the blue colour of the sky?

1. Interference
2. Diffraction
3. scattering
4. Dispersion

Correct answer: scattering

Solution

The sky looks blue because air molecules scatter sunlight, and shorter blue wavelengths are scattered much more than red wavelengths. This effect is called Rayleigh scattering.

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