Thursday, 3 May 2018

READING--Chapter 5--Radiation and Spectra

READING--Chapter 5--Radiation and Spectra
Understand the bands of the electromagnetic spectrum and how they differ from one another
Understand how each part of the spectrum interacts with Earth’s atmosphere
Explain how astronomers learn the composition of a gas by examining its spectral lines
Discuss the various types of spectra
Describe the structure of atoms and the components of nuclei
Explain the behavior of electrons within atoms and how electrons interact with light to move among energy levels
Explain how emission line spectra and absorption line spectra are formed
Explain why the spectral lines of photons we observe from an object will change as a result of the object’s motion toward or away from us
Describe how we can use the Doppler effect to deduce how astronomical objects are moving through space

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