When white light passes through a cool cloud of gas,we see
A)visible light.
B)infrared light.
C)thermal radiation.
D)an absorption line spectrum.
E)an emission line spectrum.

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When white light passes through a cool cloud of gas, certain wavelengths of light are absorbed by the atoms in the gas cloud, leaving dark lines (absorption lines) in the spectrum. This results in an absorption line spectrum.

When White Light Passes Through a Cool Cloud of Gas,we