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The Sun Appears Yellow to the Eye for a Variety

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The Sun appears yellow to the eye for a variety of reasons. Which one of these is NOT one of these reasons?


A) The sunlight that passes through Earth's atmosphere is scattered more strongly in the short wavelengths of blue and green than in the longer wavelengths of yellow.
B) The eye is most sensitive to the yellow-green part of the spectrum.
C) The white light spectrum with blue scattered out looks yellow.
D) The Sun's blackbody spectrum is sharply peaked in the yellow part of the spectrum.

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