Is the sky blue because blue is the most scattered/dispersed color in the atmosphere? Please explain.?

Answer 1

pretty much...sunlight is scattered by the atoms and molecules in the atmosphere, because of the size of particles compared to the wavelength of visible light, the type of scattering we observe is called Rayleigh Scattering. The formal equations for Rayleigh scattering show that the angle of scattering is related to the inverse fourth power of wavelength (1/L)^4, so that the shorter wavelengths (blue) are scattered much more than the longer wavelengths (red).

Answer 2

The electron orbitals of an atom collectively have a harmonic return force when displaced from the nucleus by the electric field of the sun's light. The resonance frequent for N2 is in the UV. Like any harmonic oscillator, the oscillation amplitude increases as the driver approaches resonance (towards the blue). The resultant dipole oscillation emits light at the oscillation frequency.

Answer 3

Yes. It's due to a process known as Rayleigh scattering.
Blue light scatters most efficiently in our atmosphere which explains the blue sky.

Answer 4

yes. sunlight passes through air molecules and scatters into the different colors of the rainbow. blue is scattered the most, so it's what u see.

Answer 5

our sky looks blue because the atmosphere consist of a lot of nitrogen molecules and the light defracting though these molecules looks blue

Answer 6

It has nothing to do with the sun rays or molecule apply th theory of reflection. The are so many water bodies on earth than the dry land so it reflcts the color of them water thats why in total darkness the water bodies appear to be dark and so is the sky

Answer 7

its the reflection of all the water