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Sound travels fastest through which of the following media?
vacuum |
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metal |
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air |
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water |
The speed of a sound wave will vary with the medium. Sound travels fastest through media that has particles that are very close together, like metal. Thus, it travels faster through water than through air and doesn't travel at all through a vacuum (there are no particles in empty space to vibrate).
Which of the following states of matter exists at the highest temperature?
solid |
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liquid |
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none of these |
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gas |
Solids exist at a lower temperature than liquids which exist at a lower temperature than gases.
A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment is known as:
community |
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ecosystem |
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population |
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biome |
An ecosystem is a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. This includes both the biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living).
Which of the following is related to the Cambrian Explosion?
first civilizations |
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carbon dating |
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fossil record |
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extinction of dinosaurs |
The Cambrian period is one of the most significant geological time periods. Lasting about 53 million years, it marked a dramatic burst of changes in life on Earth known as the Cambrian Explosion. It is from this period that the majority of the history of life on Earth, as documented by fossils, is found. Called the fossil record, the layering of these mineralized imprints of organisms preserved in sedementary rock have allowed geologists to build a historical record of plant and animal life on Earth.
Velocity and displacement are fully described by both a magnitude and a direction. Velocity and displacement are which of the following?
scalar quantities |
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composite quantities |
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combinational quantities |
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vector quantities |
Velocity and displacement are vector quantities which means each is fully described by both a magnitude and a direction. In contrast, scalar quantities are quantities that are fully described by a magnitude only. A variable indicating a vector quantity will often be shown with an arrow symbol: \(\vec{v}\)