Consider the following statements 1 The blue colour of the sky is due to scattering of light by dust...........

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Consider the following statements:

(1) The blue colour of the sky is due to scattering of light by dust and water droplets present in the atmosphere.

(2) The reddish appearance of the Sun during sunset and sunrise is due to the least scattered light reaching our eyes.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

When light travels through the atmosphere, it gets scattered by the air molecules. The scattering of light takes place when the size of the scattering object is tiny as compared to the wavelength of light. The angle through which molecules of air scatter sunlight in the atmosphere varies inversely as the fourth power of the wavelength called Rayleigh Law of scattering.