Multiple Choice
What evidence exists that the Sun contains the element iron?
A) Solar spectra show absorption in spectral lines that are characteristic of iron and are unique to it.
B) The peak wavelength of the continuum spectrum of sunlight is characteristic of the emission spectrum of iron, as seen when a piece of iron is heated in the laboratory.
C) Scientists have collected meteorites composed of almost pure iron that originated in the Sun.
D) Magnetic fields exist in sunspots and on the Sun, and they must be produced by iron in the same way that Earth's magnetic field is generated.
Correct Answer:

Verified
Correct Answer:
Verified
Q190: In a simple atom, the electrons making
Q191: What will be the peak wavelength
Q192: A small particle of interplanetary material is
Q193: The Doppler effect is the change in
Q194: Which of these items is considered to
Q196: If the human eye has evolved
Q197: Which very significant fact concerning the spectra
Q198: How many electrons surround the nucleus of
Q199: An astronomer plots the blackbody curve for
Q200: In what units does one measure luminosity