The difference in the number of wavelengths, when yellow light propagates through air and vacuum columns of the same thickness, is one. Find the thickness of the air column. Given: Refractive index of air $\mu_a = 1.0003$, Wavelength of yellow light in vacuum $\lambda_0 = 6000 \text{ Å}$.

Answer the following questions:
$(a)$ When a low flying aircraft passes overhead,we sometimes notice a slight shaking of the picture on our $TV$ screen. Suggest a possible explanation.
$(b)$ As you have learnt in the text,the principle of linear superposition of wave displacement is basic to understanding intensity distributions in diffraction and interference patterns. What is the justification of this principle?

Name some prominent scientists who have made significant contributions to the study of wave physics.

Which colour of the light has the longest wavelength?

Assertion: The colour of the green flower seen through red glass appears to be dark.
Reason: Red glass transmits only red light.

What happens to the intensity of light from a bulb if the distance from the bulb is doubled? As a laser beam travels across the length of a room,its intensity essentially remains constant. What geometrical characteristic of $LASER$ beam is responsible for the constant intensity which is missing in the case of light from the bulb?