The sky appears to be blue during the day because:

1.Air absorbs blue light less than other frequencies (i.e., acts like a blue filter).
2.Air molecules emit blue light after being struck by sunlight.
3.The sky reflects blue light from the oceans.
4.The temperature high in the Earth's upper atmosphere is 1000 K.
5.None of the above.


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The supernova that formed M-1, the Crab Nebula, was observed in:

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You would be richest if your hunk of gold had a mass of one kilogram

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You have a choice between two lenses of focal lengths fa and fb = 2 fa to use as objective lens in building a compound microscope. If the magnification you obtain using lens A is Ma, what will be the magnification when using lens B?

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