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Astr 1050     Homework 4
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Question 4:   ALL statements are true, Kirchoff’s Laws and Balmer Lines.
a. If light comprising a continuous spectrum passes through a cool low-density gas, the result will be an absorption spectrum.
b. The first three lines of the Balmer series are visible to human eyes.
c. A solid, liquid, or dense gas excited to emit light will radiate at all wavelengths and thus produce a continuous spectrum.
d.Transitions from the first three levels of Hydrogen -- the Lyman, Balmer, and Paschen series -- occur at ultraviolet, optical, and infrared wavelengths.
e. A low-density gas excited to emit light will do so at specific wavelengths and thus produce an emission spectrum.