Inquiry questions for UNIT- 2

1.What is electromagnetic spectrum?

2.Give examples of electromagnetic waves.

3.What are the wave parameters?

4.What is white light made up of?

5.What happens when sunlight passes through a prism?

6.What is absorption spectrum? (Refer to fig 2.10 from e copy).

7.What is emission spectrum?

8.How do you connect the flame tests with this topic?

9.What is line spectrum?

10.Why are line spectrum the finger prints of atoms?

11.Discuss the line spectrum of Hydrogen?

12.What is Rydberg’s equation?

13.What is Planck’s quantum theory?

14.What are spectral series?