If Light in a Spectroscope Passed Through Round Holes Instead

question 14

Multiple Choice

If light in a spectroscope passed through round holes instead of slits, spectral lines would appear

• A)as thicker lines.
• B)round.
• C)dimmer.

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Definitions:

Decentering

A process of shifting away from a Eurocentric or ethnocentric perspective, recognizing the diversity of viewpoints and experiences.

Antiessentialism

The belief that identities or phenomena are not fixed, inherent, or reducible to some core essence but rather constructed through social, cultural, and historical contexts.

Radical Constructionism

An epistemological viewpoint that suggests knowledge and reality are actively constructed by social or cognitive processes.

Radical Deconstructionism

A philosophical approach that seeks to undermine traditional concepts and categories by exposing their contingent nature and questioning the binary oppositions upon which they rely.