The Hot, Dense Gas Existing on the Sun Emits Energy

question 99

Multiple Choice

The hot, dense gas existing on the Sun emits energy

• A) only at certain wavelengths and not at other wavelengths.
• B) at all wavelengths, with a peak at one particular wavelength (color).
• C) mostly at the longest and shortest wavelengths, with a minimum in between.
• D) with the same intensity at all wavelengths. Earth's atmosphere absorbs radiation at both short and long visible wavelengths to produce the observed spectrum.

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