CBSE Class 10 Science 2015 Term II Outside Delhi Set 1

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Question : 17
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What is meant by scattering of light ? Use this phenomenon to explain why the clear sky appears blue or the sun appears reddish at sunrise.
Solution:  
Scattering of light is the phenomenon by which a beam of light is redirected in many different directions when it strikes minute particles in the atmosphere.
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