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Sunlight Chapter 14 1020C Introductory Question When you look up at the sky during the day, is the light from distant stars reaching your eyes? Yes No Observations about Sunlight Appears whiter than most light Makes the sky appear blue Becomes redder at sunrise and sunset Reflects from many surfaces, even nonmetals (Reflection) Bends and separates into colors in materials (Diffraction) 5 Questions about Sunlight Why does sunlight appear white? Why does the sky appear blue? How does a rainbow break sunlight into colors? Why are soap bubbles and oil films so colorful? Why do polarizing sunglass