Spectroscopy Lab Conclusion Questions
(answer these on the back of the lab sheets or on a separate sheet of paper)
1. List the different colors given off from the 5 different compounds when they were put into the Bunsen
burner flames (as seen without the spectroscopes).
2. There are two types of spectra: Line spectra and continuous spectra. Explain the difference
between line spectra and continuous spectra.
3. When looking through a spectroscope at colored light what kind of spectrum does an element emit
(continuous spectra or line spectra)? Are all wavelengths of visible light represented in this kind of
spectrum?
4. Which has the larger (longer) wavelength, a photon of red or violet light? Which of these two has the
highest frequency? Calculate the frequency for both red light (700 nanometers) and violet light (400nm)
in Hertz and show your work for these calculations.
Spectroscopy Lab Conclusion Questions
(answer these on the back of the lab sheets or on a separate sheet of paper)
1. List the different colors given off from the 5 different compounds when they were put into the Bunsen
burner flames (as seen without the spectroscopes).
2. There are two types of spectra: Line spectra and continuous spectra. Explain the difference
between line spectra and continuous spectra.
3. When looking through a spectroscope at colored light what kind of spectrum does an element emit
(continuous spectra or line spectra)? Are all wavelengths of visible light represented in this kind of
spectrum?
4. Which has the larger (longer) wavelength, a photon of red or violet light? Which of these two has the
highest frequency? Calculate the frequency for both red light (700 nanometers) and violet light (400nm)
in Hertz and show your work for these calculations.
Spectroscopy Lab Conclusion Questions
(answer these on the back of the lab sheets or on a separate sheet of paper)
1. List the different colors given off from the 5 different compounds when they were put into the Bunsen
burner flames (as seen without the spectroscopes).
2. There are two types of spectra: Line spectra and continuous spectra. Explain the difference
between line spectra and continuous spectra.
3. When looking through a spectroscope at colored light what kind of spectrum does an element emit
(continuous spectra or line spectra)? Are all wavelengths of visible light represented in this kind of
spectrum?
4. Which has the larger (longer) wavelength, a photon of red or violet light? Which of these two has the
highest frequency? Calculate the frequency for both red light (700 nanometers) and violet light (400nm)
in Hertz and show your work for these calculations.