Light and Emission Spectra

The spectroscope is a powerful tool used by astronomers to infer the nature of matter.

• True

• False

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___ produces many emission lines in the red-wavelengths & is used in lights.

• Neon

• Argon

• Hydrogen

• helium

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A ___ can be used in place of a prism in a spectroscope & is inexpensive.

• plastic prism

• diffraction grating

• CCD

• lens

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A scientist has a sample of an unknown gas. In order to identify it, they shine a continuous spectrum of white light through the gas and observes which wavelengths of light are absorbed by it. This is shown in the figure, as well as the absorption spectra of five pure, gaseous elements. Which of the five elements is the unknown gas?

• xenon

• oxygen

• helium

• neon

• argon

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

A scientist has a sample of an unknown gas. In order to identify the gas, they look at the spectrum of visible light emitted from it when it is heated. This is shown in the figure. Also shown in the figure are the emission spectra of five pure, gaseous elements. Which of the five elements is the unknown gas?

• helium

• neon

• xenon

• oxygen

• argon

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

A scientist has a sample of an unknown gas. In order to identify the gas, they look at the spectrum of visible light emitted from it when it is heated. This is shown in the figure. Also shown in the figure are the emission spectra of three pure, gaseous elements. Which of the three elements is the unknown gas?

• helium

• hydrogen

• oxygen

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

An astronomer looks at the spectrum of light from a distant star. Between Earth and the star is a large cloud of dust and gas. The star emits continuous-spectrum white light, but some of the light is absorbed by the cloud. The figure shows the spectrum of light that the astronomer observes as well as the absorption spectra of several pure elements. Which of the five elements shown does the interstellar cloud contain?

• hydrogen and helium

• hydrogen and oxygen

• hydrogen, helium, and nitrogen

• oxygen and nitrogen

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

An astronomer looks at the spectrum of light from a distant star. The spectrum they see is shown in the figure. They compare the emission lines within the spectrum to the emission lines in the spectra of pure elements, which are also shown in the figure, in order to identify which elements are present in the outer layers of the star. State all of the elements that are present in the outer layers of the star.

• hydrogen, helium, and carbon

• hydrogen, helium, and boron

• helium, oxygen , and carbon

• hydrogen, helium, boron, and carbon

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A scientist has a gas canister that contains a mixture of unknown gases. In order to identify which gases are in the mixture, they look at the spectrum of visible light emitted from it when it is heated. This is shown in the figure. Also shown in the figure are the emission spectra of several pure, gaseous elements. Which of the five elements does the mixture contain?

• helium, oxygen, nitrogen, and argon

• oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen

• hydrogen, helium, and nitrogen

• hydrogen and argon

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NGSS.HS-PS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

According to the emission spectra, the surface temperature of the star Vega is ____ that of the Sun.

• higher than

• lower than

• equal to

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