Learning Goals
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- Describe what happens to the blackbody spectrum as you increase or decrease the temperature. What happens to the shape of the curve and the peak of this curve?
- Describe the blackbody spectrum of a light bulb. Why do light bulbs get hot? Do they seem efficient?
- Imagine that you see 2 hot, glowing objects--one is glowing orange and the other is glowing blue. Which one is hotter?
- Find the relationship between the temperature and the wavelength at the peak of the curve.