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What evidence do we have that the chromosphere is hotter than the photosphere?
 
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A ___________ has a few million light-sensitive diodes in an array typically about a half-inch square.
 
  a. photometer
  b. charge-coupled device
  c. spectrograph
  d. photographic plate
  e. grating



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Answer to Question 1

The corona's spectrum includes emission lines of highly ionized gases. In the lower corona, the atoms are not as highly ionized as they are at higher altitudes, which tells us that the temperature of the corona rises with altitude.

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