Homework Help: science-physics

Posted by samantha on Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 1:21am.

All objects emit ______ radiation.
Is it incident?
The frequency of the radiation of most objects is
a) below
b) in the middle of
c) greater
than he frequency of the visibile light spectrum?
I think its below as most objects can not be seen by visible light.

science-physics - drwls, Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 2:28am
Many words could be fill that blank. One would be "some". Others would be "incoherent", "far infrared", "millimiter wave", "microwave" and "less than or equal to black body"

The radiation frequency emitted by most objects (at normal temperatures)is below the visible light frequencies. Your answer is correct.

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