When Visible Light Passes Through a Glass Prism or a Glass

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Multiple Choice

When visible light passes through a glass prism or a glass lens,which wavelengths of light are deflected most by the glass? (See Figures 3-1 and 3-20a,Comins,Discovering the Essential Universe,6th ed.)

• A) the longer wavelengths
• B) The light is not deflected by glass because glass is transparent.
• C) All wavelengths have their directions changed by the same amount.
• D) the shorter wavelengths

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