Multiple Choice
One problem with using a glass prism to produce a spectrum from white light is that
A) glass absorbs almost all of the infrared in the white light.
B) glass absorbs almost all of the ultraviolet in the white light.
C) blue and violet do not spread out very much as a result of passing through the prism.
D) red is absorbed more than is the rest of the spectrum.
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