Joachim and Maricella are going for a romantic walk in the park after an afternoon storm. Maricella looks up in the sky and sees a rainbow. She exclaims, "How beautiful!" Joachim, being something of a science buff, might correctly say ______________________

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Joachim's response correctly explains that a rainbow is formed as a result of sunlight being refracted and dispersed through water droplets, causing different wavelengths of visible light to separate and be visible to the human eye. The different colors we see in a rainbow are actually different wavelengths of visible light, from shorter (violet) to longer (red).

Joachim and Maricella Are Going for a Romantic Walk in the Park