Multiple Choice
The hot, dense gas existing on the Sun emits energy
A) only at certain wavelengths and not at other wavelengths.
B) at all wavelengths, with a peak at one particular wavelength (color) .
C) mostly at the longest and shortest wavelengths, with a minimum in between.
D) with the same intensity at all wavelengths. Earth's atmosphere absorbs radiation at both short and long visible wavelengths to produce the observed spectrum.
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