Astronomers often record solar images in the ____ part of the electromagnetic spectrum because the gaseous layers high in the Sun's atmosphere are very hot and emit most of their light at short wavelengths

a. microwave
b. gamma
c. visible light
d. ultraviolet
e. infrared


d

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The shape of a magnetic field surrounding a current-carrying conductor is

A) consistent with the inverse-square law. B) radial. C) circular. D) all of these E) neither of these

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a. tracks only. b. borings only. c. burrows only. d. all of the above.

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a. decreasing acceleration. b. decreasing velocity. c. constant velocity. d. constant acceleration. e. increasing acceleration.

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