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Fun Rainbow Facts For Kids:: 1. What Is A Rainbow?

The rainbow is a multi-colored arc appearing in the sky opposite the sun, caused by the refraction and reflection of sunlight through water droplets. It gets its name from its arched shape resembling a bow. Isaac Newton described how sunlight contains all rainbow colors and when it passes through water droplets, the colors separate to form a rainbow. A rainbow cannot be touched as it is not a physical object but an optical phenomenon, which appears to move as the observer moves. The water cycle describes evaporation of ocean water by the sun, forming clouds which release precipitation back to earth.

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Fun Rainbow Facts For Kids:: 1. What Is A Rainbow?

The rainbow is a multi-colored arc appearing in the sky opposite the sun, caused by the refraction and reflection of sunlight through water droplets. It gets its name from its arched shape resembling a bow. Isaac Newton described how sunlight contains all rainbow colors and when it passes through water droplets, the colors separate to form a rainbow. A rainbow cannot be touched as it is not a physical object but an optical phenomenon, which appears to move as the observer moves. The water cycle describes evaporation of ocean water by the sun, forming clouds which release precipitation back to earth.

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Fun Rainbow Facts For Kids:

1. What Is A Rainbow?
The rainbow is a multi-colored arc appearing in the sky just opposite the sun. It’s the result of the
refractive and reflective distribution of sunlight in water droplets. A rainbow usually occurs
when it’s raining on one part of the sky and is sunny on the other. There are seven colors in a
rainbow, namely- red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet and indigo. 

2. How Did The Rainbow Get Its Name?


The rainbow got its name from its shape. Its arc resembles a bow that’s used for shooting arrows.
The fact is that the rainbow is a full circle of light. But since we view the rainbow on the ground,
we see an arc or a semi-circle of the rainbow.

3. Who Explained The Formation Of Rainbows?


The legendary scientist, Isaac Newton described the formation of rainbows in a detailed way.
Sunlight is made of the all the colors that you see in the rainbow. When all these colors mix, it’s
called white light, which we see every day. And when the sunlight enters through the white light,
we get a rainbow.

5. Why Cannot You Touch The Rainbow?


A rainbow is not an object. You cannot touch or even approach a rainbow. And neither can you
get to the end of the rainbow. Because when you move, the rainbow also moves with you. This is
one of the amazing facts about rainbows for kids they should know.

RAIN CYCLE
The sun evaporates water from the oceans into water vapor. This invisible vapor rises into the
atmosphere, where the air is colder. ... Water drops form in clouds, which then fall to Earth
as precipitation (rain and snow). In cold climates, precipitation builds up as snow, ice, and
glaciers.

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