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What information does the spectrum give about the source of the element?

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A continuous spectrum can identify elements by the presence of dark bands, and it also tells scientists how hot the object is: As the temperature goes up, the spectrum has increasing amounts of green, blue and violet colors. Relatively cool objects have a spectrum that has mostly deep red or red and yellow.

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