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A student moved a thermometer farther and farther away from the blue portion of the spectrum towards the prism. At a certain point, the thermometer temperature stopped changing. What is the best explanation for what happened?


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Yeah Oh Okay Sign Shmoop er's next question For a

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year ago a student moved a thermometer farther and farther

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away from the blue portion of the spectrum towards the

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prism Well at a certain point the thermometer temperature's stopped

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changing What's the best explanation for what happened Did time

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stands still Okay Well think about it While light is

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indeed influencing the temperature of the thermometer in this spectrum

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that's projected by the prism there will the air surrounding

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the thermometer also influences the thermometer riding same temperature Well

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anything that has a temperature including air emits infrared radiation

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So as you're reading this you're actually emitting a type

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of light Always knew you would shine right Answer here

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It's the ambient air temperature limits the thermometer from dropping

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lower You know like the ocean is keeps everything kind

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of temperate around the coast All right That's it Yeah 00:01:07.75 --> [endTime] Sort of That vibe anyway

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