Before beginning this section, you must first have reviewed pages 86 & 87 in your text.
Answer the following questions on a piece of scrap paper (for yourself) in order to proceed.
1. An excited and rarefied (low density) gas, as viewed through a spectrometer, will produce which type of spectrum?
a. continuous
b. emission
c. absorption
2. A hot, high density solid, liquid or gas as viewed through a spectrometer, will produce which type of spectrum?
a. continuous
b. emission
c. absorption
3. A cool rarefied gas, when placed somewhere between the spectrometer and the answer to number 2, will produce which type of spectrum?
a. continuous
b. emission
c. absorption