Sir Frederick William Herschel

What is Sir Frederick William Herschel famous for?

• Discovering the planet Uranus

• Discovering infrared radiation

• Being a musician

• Being born in Germany

In what year was Sir Frederick William Herschel born?

• 1738

• 1757

• 1781

• 1800

What did Herschel discover in 1800?

• The planet Uranus

• The different temperatures of colors

• The existence of infrared radiation

• The intensity of the sky

What did Herschel use to measure the temperature of each color?

• Glass prism

• Thermometers

• Filters

• Sunlight

What did Herschel discover beyond the red portion of the spectrum?

• A region with the highest temperature

• A region with no sunlight

• A region with the lowest temperature

• A region with the most intense light