Quiz on Continuous Emission Spectrum Physics

What is the spectrum produced when white light passes through a prism?

• Complete spectrum

• Partial spectrum

• Discontinuous spectrum

• Continuous spectrum

What is the spectrum emitted by the sun?

• Absorption spectrum

• Continuous emission spectrum

• Reflection spectrum

• Refraction spectrum

What is a familiar example of a spectrum mentioned in the text?

• Tornado

• Lightning

• Cloud

• Rainbow

How can an emission spectrum be observed?

• Using a mirror

• Using a gas discharge tube

• Using a filter

• Using a lens

What causes the gas in a gas discharge tube to glow?

• Electric current

• Heat

• Pressure

• Magnetism

What is the spectrum produced by a glowing gas called?

• Reflection spectrum

• Refraction spectrum

• Absorption spectrum

• Emission spectrum

What must the light dispersed to observe an emission spectrum come from?

• The object itself (the element)

• A separate light source

• A flashlight

• A laser beam

What is used to pass an electric current through a gas to observe an emission spectrum?

• Glass tube

• Metal tube

• Plastic tube

• Gas discharge tube

What is the spectrum emitted by the sun?

• Continuous emission spectrum

• Refraction spectrum

• Absorption spectrum

• Reflection spectrum

a kind of radiation including visible light, radio waves, gamma rays, and X-rays, in which electric and magnetic fields vary simultaneously.

• atomic emission spectra

• electromagnetic radiation

• photon

• quantum