Question

    Starsappeartwinklingbecauseof     oflight.

    A Reflection Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Scattering Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Emission Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Absorption Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The stars' light must travel through the Earth's multi-layered atmosphere, and as it does so it is refracted (bent) multiple times and in random directions. The phenomenonofrandomrefractionappearsto makethestarwinkasthoughitisinmotion.Itis this action that our eyes translate as twinkling.

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