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Which of the following describes the Earth's mantle?
dense |
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hot |
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all of these |
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makes up most of Earth's volume |
Mantle makes up 84% of the Earth's volume and has an average thickness of approximately 1,800 miles (2,900 km). It is dense, hot, and primarily solid although in places it behaves more like a viscous fluid as the plates of the upper mantle and crust gradually "float" along its circumference.
Which of the following does not represent the freezing point of water?
273K |
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0°C |
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32°F |
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0°F |
The Fahrenheit scale fixes the freezing point of water at 32°F, the Celsuis scale at 0°C, and the Kelvin scale at 273K.
Earth's history is divided into time periods, which of these is the shortest time period?
age |
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period |
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eon |
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epoch |
The Earth is approximately 4.6 billion years old and its history is divided into time periods based on the events that took place and the forms of life that were dominant during those periods. The largest graduation of time is the eon and each eon is subdivided into eras, eras into periods, periods into epochs, and epochs into ages.
A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment is known as:
population |
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ecosystem |
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biome |
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community |
An ecosystem is a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. This includes both the biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living).
The formula for acceleration is which of the following?
\(\vec{a} = { m \over \vec{F} }\) |
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\(\vec{a} = \vec{F} m\) |
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\(\vec{a} = { m \over F }\) |
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\(\vec{a} = { \vec{F} \over m }\) |
Newton's second law of motion leads to the formula for acceleration which is a measure of the rate of change of velocity per unit time and, if you solve for positive acceleration, reveals how much net force is needed to overcome an object's mass. The formula for acceleration is \(\vec{a} = { \vec{F} \over m }\) or, solving for force, \(\vec{F} = m\vec{a}\).