Gizmos Star Spectra

Exam (elaborations) GIZMOS Star Spectra Vocabulary: absorption spectrum, binary star, blueshift, Cepheid variable, emission spectrum, giant star, nebula, redshift, spectrum, star Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. What happens when light goes through a prism? Light bends and the visible spectrum showing the colors of the rainbow are visible. This band of colors is called a spectrum. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet 2. A rainbow is an exampl...

Exam (elaborations) GIZMOS Star Spectra Student Exploration: Star Spectra Vocabulary: absorption spectrum, binary star, blueshift, Cepheid variable, emission spectrum, giant star, nebula, redshift, spectrum, star Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. What happens when light goes through a prism? Light bends and the visible spectrum showing the colors of the rainbow are visible. This band of colors is called a spectrum. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, ...