Plz the correct answer gets brainleast! one winter day lisa and mary have a contest to see who can find an object that will roll or slide down an icy hill in their neighborhood the fastest. lisa picks a sled and mary finds an old tire. they release their objects and the sled wins the race. if mary wishes to propose a rematch, what conditions would most favor the tire? a. a race on a less steep, grassy hill b. a race on a steeper, grassy hill c. a race on a less steep, icy hill d. a race on a steeper, icy hill

scattering of light by tiny particles in air to produce the colors we see on sky, is dependent on the following factors:

(i) wavelength of light

(ii) size of the scattering particle  

(iii) distance traveled by light through the atmosphere.

according to rayleigh's law of scattering, the amount of scattering is inversely proportional to the fourth power of its wavelength. shorter the wavelength, greater is its scattering. hence violet/blue light is scattered more than red.

sun's light is a composite light ( visible light) with wavelengths in the range 400 nm (violet) to 700 nm (red). as sunlight passes through our atmosphere, the molecules of air scatter light according to their wavelengths. during sunrise and sunset, the sun's position is below the horizon. hence light from the sun travels a greater distance in the atmosphere when compared to its position a noon.

as sunlight enters the earth's atmosphere, blue light is scattered away and at the end of its journey in the sky, only red and orange wavelengths remain in the beam.

hence at sunrise and sunset, the sky appears reddish orange.