Question

part (b) when the telescope is pointed at the incandescent light bulb with the gas cloud between the two, which type of spectrum is displayed in the spectrometer? emission continuous absorption hints: 0% deduction per hint. hints remaining: 1 feedback: 0% deduction per feedback. 2 submission(s) remaining

Explanation:

When light from an incandescent light - bulb passes through a gas cloud, the gas cloud absorbs certain wavelengths of the light. The wavelengths that are absorbed are missing from the continuous spectrum of the incandescent light - bulb, creating dark lines in the spectrum. This is characteristic of an absorption spectrum.

Answer:

Absorption