SPECTROSCOPY STUDY GUIDE #8
Spectroscopy - correct answer The study of the properties of light that depend on
wavelength
Spectrum - correct answer A band of colors (rainbow) produced by separation of the
components of light by their different degrees of refraction according to wavelength
Spectrometry - correct answer The measurement and interpretation of spectra. The
utilization of spectra
Wavelength - correct answer The distance of one cycle of a wave, such as two
consecutive crest peaks
Frequency - correct answer Number of cycles passing a point during a given time, or
cycles per second
Electromagnetic radiation - correct answer Visible light, radio waves, gamma rays, and
X-rays, electric and magnetic fields
Reflection - correct answer Energy waves bouncing off the surface of an object
Light - correct answer Electromagnetic wave produced by accelerating charged
particles
Photon - correct answer Packages of light energy
Spectra - correct answer A continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is
dispersed
Atomic Spectra - correct answer Purely electronic transitions of outer-shell electrons,
obtained in gas phase, narrow line spectra from transitions between widely-spaced
quantized energy levels
Emmision line - correct answer Bright line in a specific location of the spectrum of
radiating material
Absorption lines - correct answer Rainbow with small black lines
Continuous spectrum - correct answer Full rainbow with no black lines
Diffraction - correct answer The ability of waves to bend around corners
Spectroscope - correct answer Instrument used to view a light source so that it is split
into its component colors
Spectroscopy - correct answer The study of the properties of light that depend on
wavelength
Spectrum - correct answer A band of colors (rainbow) produced by separation of the
components of light by their different degrees of refraction according to wavelength
Spectrometry - correct answer The measurement and interpretation of spectra. The
utilization of spectra
Wavelength - correct answer The distance of one cycle of a wave, such as two
consecutive crest peaks
Frequency - correct answer Number of cycles passing a point during a given time, or
cycles per second
Electromagnetic radiation - correct answer Visible light, radio waves, gamma rays, and
X-rays, electric and magnetic fields
Reflection - correct answer Energy waves bouncing off the surface of an object
Light - correct answer Electromagnetic wave produced by accelerating charged
particles
Photon - correct answer Packages of light energy
Spectra - correct answer A continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is
dispersed
Atomic Spectra - correct answer Purely electronic transitions of outer-shell electrons,
obtained in gas phase, narrow line spectra from transitions between widely-spaced
quantized energy levels
Emmision line - correct answer Bright line in a specific location of the spectrum of
radiating material
Absorption lines - correct answer Rainbow with small black lines
Continuous spectrum - correct answer Full rainbow with no black lines
Diffraction - correct answer The ability of waves to bend around corners
Spectroscope - correct answer Instrument used to view a light source so that it is split
into its component colors
