Why Are Black Holes Called Black Holes

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Multiple Choice

Why are black holes called black holes?

• A) Nothing,not even electromagnetic radiation,can escape from inside them.
• B) Only nonvisible radiation longer than about 1000 nm wavelength (infrared and radio radiation)can escape from them.
• C) They are always surrounded by an accretion disk,which absorbs all light escaping from the inside of the black hole.
• D) They emit an electromagnetic spectrum,which matches that of a perfect blackbody.

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