Why does green light slow down more than orange light does when passing through an object? Green light has lon

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Why does green light slow down more than orange light does when passing through an object?

Green light has longer wavelengths than orange light. 
Green light has fewer particles than orange light. 
Green light refracts less than orange light. 
Green light has a higher frequency than orange light.

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Correct answer: "Green light has a higher frequency than orange light."

Why: In ordinary transparent materials the refractive index depends on frequency (dispersion). Higher-frequency (shorter-wavelength) visible light typically experiences a larger refractive index, n = c/v, so its speed v in the medium is lower. Green light has a shorter wavelength and therefore a higher frequency than orange light, so it is slowed more.

(The other choices are incorrect: green does not have a longer wavelength than orange; photon "count" isn't relevant; and if it slows more it actually refracts more, not less, under normal dispersion.)

Why does green light slow down more than orange light does when passing through an object?

Green light has longer wavelengths than orange light.
Green light has fewer particles than orange light.
Green light refracts less than orange light.
Green light has a higher frequency than orange light.

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Why does green light slow down more than orange light does when passing through an object? Green light has longer wavelengths than orange light. Green light has fewer particles than orange light. Green light refracts less than orange light. Green light has a higher frequency than orange light.

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Why does green light slow down more than orange light does when passing through an object?

Green light has longer wavelengths than orange light.
Green light has fewer particles than orange light.
Green light refracts less than orange light.
Green light has a higher frequency than orange light.