Which of the following procedures would allow you to make a spectrum of the Sun similar to the one shown, though with less detail?

A) Pass a narrow beam of sunlight through a prism.
B) Take a photograph of the Sun and then use image-processing software to change the Sun's shape into a long, thin strip.
C) Photograph the Sun through a powerful telescope.
D) Compare the relative amounts of light that the Sun emits as infrared, visible light, and ultraviolet light.


Ans: A) Pass a narrow beam of sunlight through a prism.

because:
The prism bends different wavelengths of light by different amounts, causing the white light from the Sun to spread out into a rainbow of colors. Absorption features appear as dark lines against the brighter background of the spectrum.

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