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Why can a 25. watt fluorescent lamp produce as much illumination as a 100. watt incandescent lamp?
 
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When the Sun runs out of nuclear fuel and expands to become a red giant,
 
  A) the Earth's oceans will freeze solid
  B) the Earth will be ejected from the solar system
  C) the Earth will be destroyed
  D) the Earth will experience a runaway greenhouse effect followed by the total loss of its atmosphere



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Answer to Question 1

The incandescent lamp produces heat out of the majority of the input energy and only a minority fraction becomes light. The fluorescent lamp produces more light, less heat.

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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