Jerold Is Working on a Project Where He Was Tasked

question 156

Multiple Choice

 Jerold is working on a project where he was tasked to design a hypothetical new visual system. He suggested that the visual system detect microwaves. Why might this be a bad idea?

• A) Most longer wavelengths are blocked by the earth's atmosphere.
• B) They travel at too slow a speed.
• C) They are too abundant at the earth's surface to be useful in vision.
• D) Longer wavelengths penetrate objects instead of being reflected from them.

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