Emission Spectra

Question 1

Is absorption a positive value or negative value of energy

Answer 1

positive

Question 2

Is emission a positive value or negative value of energy

Answer 2

negative

Question 3

What is the name for UV light?

Answer 3

Lyman

Question 4

What is the name for visible light?

Answer 4

Balmer

Question 5

What are the three names for infrared light?

Answer 5

1) Paschen
2) Brackett
3) Pfund

Question 6

Emission is the transition from a _____ energy state to a ______ energy state

Answer 6

1) high
2) low

Question 7

What was used to calibrate the spectroscope?

Answer 7

The mercury lamp

Question 8

What is the conversion of an armstrong?

Answer 8

1 A = 1x10-8 cm

Question 9

What is the difference between the spectra of fluorescent and incandescent lamps?

Answer 9

Florescent lights produce a spectrum with discrete lines while incandescent produce a continuous spectrum of light

Question 10

Which scientist, in 1885, showed that the visible spectral lines could be fitted to a simple mathematical relationship?

Answer 10

Johan Balmer

Question 11

Which scientist, in 1913, gave a theoretical explanation for the Rydberg equation?

Answer 11

Bohr