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    Reading Comprehension/Science

    RAINBOWS

    Humans have always been fascinated by rainbows. In Greek mythology,


    they were said to be the path of Iris, the messenger of the gods. In Norse
    mythology, a rainbow was a Bifrst bridge, connecting the homes of the
    gods and humans. Irish leprechauns are said to hide their gold at the end
    of a rainbow. Those are magical stories, but they are not true. What is a
    rainbow, really?

    A rainbow is an arc of colored light in the sky. It is caused by sunlight


    refracting and reflecting from droplets of water, such as rain or mist, in the
    air. The colors of the reflected arc of light are always in the same order:
    red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.

    How does sunlight create a rainbow? Light enters a drop of water. The drop
    acts as a prism, and refracts the light. This means the light is broken up
    into the individual colors, or spectrum, that are contained in the light. If the
    light enters the drop at just the right angle (about 42 degrees), the back of
    the drop acts as a mirror and reflects most of the light back out the front.
    Have you ever seen a double rainbow? They are caused when the droplets
    reflect the light twice. The colors in the spectrum of the second rainbow are
    in the opposite order from those in the first.

    Why is a rainbow arc-shaped? This is due to the angle between the sun,
    the droplet and the viewer. The viewer sees only one color of light, for
    example red, reflected from a certain droplet. Droplets a slight distance
    away are at a slightly different angle, and so the viewer sees only the
    orange light reflected, and so on through the spectrum. A rainbow is
    actually circular, which can be seen if viewed from above, such as from an
    airplane. Usually, however, half of the circle is below the horizon when
    seen from below, giving it the appearance of an arc.

    Rainbows are not only caused by raindrops. They can also be seen in mist,
    such as that created by waterfalls. You can even make them yourself, by
    spraying water into the air on a sunny day!

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    Name _____________________________ Date __________________

    ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ABOUT RAINBOWS

    1. What did Norse mythology consider rainbows to be?


    a. the passenger of a messenger
    b. a bridge between gods and humans
    c. a meteorological phenomenon
    d. refracted sunlight

    2. What causes rainbows?


    a. water droplets refracting and reflecting sunlight
    b. leprechauns
    c. arcs of sunlight
    d. airplanes

    3. What is the shape of a rainbow seen from above?


    a. oval
    b. arc-shaped
    c. circular
    d. a nearly straight line

    4. How can you make a rainbow yourself?


    a. shine a light on raindrops
    b. spray water into the air on a sunny day
    c. fly an airplane over water
    d. it is impossible to make a rainbow

    5. Color the rainbow in the correct color order.

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    Answers to RAINBOWS
    1. b
    2. a
    3. c
    4. b

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