Topic 3: The Spectroscope and Doppler Effect Flashcards
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Why does splitting light into components help?
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- Can see objects spectrum
- can allow scientists to make infrences on object
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What did Issac Newton discover
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- discovered white is a combination of all colours by passing light through prism
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Spectroscope
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- device that shows spectrums with finer detail
4
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Spectral Lines
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- Element Vapor which turns different coloured black when you heat it
5
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Spectroscopy
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- Science of spectra (spectrum)
6
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Diffraction Grating
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- much greater detail than spectrum from a prism
- Device made of thousand closley placed slits
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