Sir William Hershel Passed a Beam of Sunlight Through a Prism

question 95

Multiple Choice

Sir William Hershel passed a beam of sunlight through a prism and held a thermometer just beyond the end of the visible spectrum.The thermometer registered a temperature increase,indicating that it was being exposed to an invisible form of energy that is now called

• A) radio waves.
• B) microwaves.
• C) infrared light.
• D) ultraviolet light.

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