Red sunset, red lunar eclipses, blue skies, and reflection nebulae are all the result of the ________ of visible light off tiny dust particles

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


scattering

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The magnitude of the orbital angular momentum L of an electron in a certain atom is equal to 3.464?. What is the orbital quantum number l of the electron?

A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) 5

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Ammonia, NH3, boils at a higher temperature than phosphine, PH3 . This is probably due to

a. ammonia being more dense than PH3. b. ammonia having the lower formula mass. c. hydrogen bonding among the NH3 molecules. d. ammonia being ionic and phosphine being covalent.

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The temperature of a quantity of ideal gas in a sealed container is increased from 0°C to 273°C. What happens to the rms speed of the molecules of the gas as a result of this temperature increase?

a. It does not change since rms speed is independent of temperature. b. It increases but it less than doubles. c. It doubles. d. It quadruples.

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A quark is

A) a constituent of a nucleon. B) a constituent of a hadron. C) an elementary particle. D) all of the given answers.

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