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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 is the primary difference between a comet and an asteroid?
comets have an atmosphere |
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asteroids contain frozen water |
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comets orbit the Sun |
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asteroids have a coma |
A comet is a loose collection of ice, dust, and small rocky particles that, in contrast to an asteroid, has an extended atmosphere surrounding the center. When passing close to the Sun, this atmosphere warms and begins to release gases forming a visible coma or tail.
The respiratory and circulatory systems are similar in that they:
transport nutrients |
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deoxygenate blood |
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add carbon dioxide |
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transport oxygen |
Like the respiratory system, the circulatory system serves to transport oxygen throughout the body while removing carbon dioxide. In addition, the circulatory system transports nutrients from the digestive system.
The rate of vibration of sound is called:
volume |
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amplitude |
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frequency |
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period |
The rate of vibration of sound is called frequency and is measured in hertz (Hz). One hertz is one repetition per second and sounds with high frequency have a higher pitch than sounds with lower frequency. Humans can hear sounds in the range of 20 Hz to 20 kHz.
Earth's history is divided into time periods, which of these is the longest time period?
epoch |
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eon |
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age |
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era |
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.