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What is the total range of radiant energy that constantly bombards the earth?

Visible light
 The wavelength
 The electromagnetic spectrum
What is the bandwidth of the range of radiant energy that the human eye can perceive?
The electromagnetic spectrum
 The visible spectrum
 Infrared light
What is the approximate range of the visible spectrum?
About a kilometer
 About 4000 nm to 7000 nm
 About 400 nm to 700 nm
Infrared light has a longer wavelength than ultraviolet light.

True
 False
What are the qualities of white light when it passes through a prism?
It refracts or bends
 It separates into a bandwidth of visible colors
 It can be recombined into white light
 All of the above
In a primary rainbow, the color red is always on the bottom, or inner arc.
True
 False
When white light falls on a red surface, what happens to the colors in the white light?
The red light is reflected and the other colors are absorbed by the surface
 The red color is absorbed by the surface and the other colors are reflected
 The white light is absorbed and the colors in the light are reflected
 
 
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