Quiz on Spectroscopy and Blackbody Radiation

Which of the following type of electromagnetic radiation has the most energy

• infrared
• ultraviolet
• microwaves
• radiowaves

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Put the visible light colors in order from longest wavelength to shortest wavelength

• Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow, Red
• Red, Yellow, Green, Orange, Violet, Blue, Indigo
• Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet

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What do spectroscopes do?

• Collect light to identify elements

• Refract light

• Absorb light

• Transmit light

Emission of light from an atom occurs when an electron

• drops from a higher to a lower energy level.
•    jumps from a lower to a higher energy level.   
•    moves within its atomic orbital.
• falls into the nucleus.

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For an electron to change from ground state to an excited stated it must...

• Absorb energy
• Release energy

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For an electron to change from ground state to an excited stated it must...

• Absorb energy
• Release energy

Why are line emission spectra of elements called "atomic fingerprints"?

• They are all the same
• They are all unique
• They are all similar
• They all contain colored light

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A line spectrum is produced when an electron moves from one energy level

• into the nucleus

• to a higher energy level

• to another position in the same sublevel

• to a lower energy level

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Based on the picture, choose the best description of how wavelength and frequency are related

• As wavelength increases, frequency increases

• As frequency increases, wavelength decreases

• As frequency increases, wavelength remains the same

• Frequency and wavelength mean the same thing

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When sunlight is split by a prism or diffraction grating it appears to emit a ___ spectra.

• absorption

• dark-line

• continuous

• bright-line