An object strongly reflects red light, but readily absorbs all other colors of light. Relative to the number of thermal photons of red light emitted by a black body at the same temperature T, our object’s thermal emission rate of photons of red light will be

A. enhanced.
B. Suppressed.
C. unchanged.
D. The answer depends on the value of T.


B. Suppressed.

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a. 34 b. 25 c. 36 d. 40 e. 80

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In a two-body collision, if the kinetic energy of the system is conserved, then which of the following best describes the momentum after the collision?

a. must be less c. may also be conserved b. must also be conserved d. is doubled in value

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A fountain sends water to a height of 100 meters. What must be the pressurization (above atmospheric) of the water system? 1 atm= 1.01 × 105 N/m2.

A. 1.0 atm B. 4.2 atm C. 7.2 atm D. 9.7 atm E. 8.2 atm

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Starting outside the region with the magnetic field, a single square coil of wire enters, moves across, and then leaves the region with a uniform magnetic field

1 perpendicular to the page so that the graph shown below represents the induced emf. The loop moves at constant velocity 1. As seen from above, a counterclockwise emf is regarded as positive. In which direction did the loop move over the plane of the page?



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a.

The loop moved from bottom to top.



b.

The loop moved from top to bottom.



c.

The loop moved from left to right.



d.

The loop moved from right to left.



e.

All of these directions of motion will produce the graph of emf vs t.

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