What Type of Spectrum, If Any, Would Be Produced If

question 61

Multiple Choice

What type of spectrum, if any, would be produced if the light radiated by a heated atomic gas were to be dispersed through a prism?

• A) a continuous band of color
• B) a continuous band of color with some dark lines (missing wavelengths)
• C) only blue light
• D) only red light
• E) discrete lines of different colors

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