| Name: ________________________ | DUE 10/23 | ID number: ________________________ |
Use the diffraction grating handed out with this assignment to look at spectra of several different light sources, including an ordinary light bulb, a neon sign, a streetlight, and two more of your own chosing. Which of these sources produce a continuous spectrum, which produce bright spectral lines, and which produce both? Give your answers below, and sketch the spectrum for each.
| Light Source | Lines or Continuous? | Sketch of Spectrum |
| Light Bulb | ________________ | |
| Neon Sign | ________________ | |
| Streetlight | ________________ | |
| ____________ | ________________ | |
| ____________ | ________________ |
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