Dewbow

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/dewbow

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is a dewbow?A dewbow is a rainbow made from tiny water drops that have condensed on things like grass, leaves, or spiderwebs. It happens when sunlight passes through these small drops and splits into colors.
2. How does a dewbow form?Sunlight bends when it enters a dewdrop, reflects inside, and bends again when it leaves. This bending, called refraction, splits the light into red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

Refraction: The bending of light rays as they pass from one medium to another, causing a change in direction.
Dispersion: The phenomenon where white light is separated into its constituent colors due to differences in refractive index for different wavelengths.
Atmospheric Optics: The study of optical phenomena that occur in the Earth's atmosphere, such as rainbows, halos, and dewdrops.
Wavelength: The distance between successive crests of a wave, especially points in an electromagnetic wave such as light, corresponding to different colors.