Multiple Choice
If one wants to design a device that will detect animals at night by the radiation they give off, even if the night is totally dark, to what wavelength range should the device be made sensitive?
A) ultraviolet
B) visual, like the human eye
C) No device can detect objects on a totally dark night.
D) infrared
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