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UCLA Eps Sci 9 Final Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers Mars takes about ______ to go around the Sun. a) Three Earth years b) Ten Earth years c) Two Earth years d) 60 Earth days - answerc) Two Earth years Venus has a period of rotation of _______ a) 2,000 Earth days b) 243 Earth days c) 500 Earth days d) 1 Earth day - answerb) 243 Earth days Venus has an orbital period around the Sun of _____ a) Five Earth years b) 225 Earth days c) 900 Earth days d) A millennium - answerb) 225 E...

In the process of nuclear fusion - two or more nuclei fuse or stick together to form a heavier nucleus whose combined mass is slightly less than the original nucleus Beneath the surface of which moon of Saturn is there evidence for the existence of a subsurface ocean of liquid water? - Enceladus Apparent retrograde motion occurs when a planet appears to - move westward with respect to background stars A chemoautotroph gets its energy from - chemical reactions and its carbon from its enviro...

PHSC 121 Final Exam Questions And Answers 4 points of the scientific method - Answer -observation, testing, assumption, hypothesis Our solar system consists of ______ and has ___ major planets - Answer -the Sun and all the objects that orbit the Sun / 8 Why isn't Pluto considered a planet? - Answer -It does not dominate its orbit Light from the Sun takes ___ to reach Earth - Answer -8 minutess The Kuiper Belt is located __________________ - Answer -beyond the orbit of Neptune ...

Astronomy Final: Test Questions with correct answers and Canvas Notes to help you in your final exams;2024 update 100% guaranteed success According to Wien's Law, a star cooler than the Sun would appear: Ans- Red T/F: Radio waves, visible light, and X-rays are all types of electromagnetic radiation. Ans- True A wave's velocity is the product of the: Ans- Frequency times the wavelength of the wave Which of these is the same for all forms of electromagnetic radiation in a vac...

Aside from Earth, which other planet shows evidence of plate tectonics? - None of the above Continuous bombardment of a planetary surface by many large asteroids would have resulted in - A magma ocean From where does Earth's magnet field arise? - The liquid iron outer core The ______ energy lost by the inward movement of nickel-iron within a differentiating molten planetary body would be converted first into _______ energy and then into ______ energy. - gravitational, kinetic, thermal Tr...

UCLA Eps Sci 9 Final Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers Mars takes about ______ to go around the Sun. a) Three Earth years b) Ten Earth years c) Two Earth years d) 60 Earth days - answerc) Two Earth years Venus has a period of rotation of _______ a) 2,000 Earth days b) 243 Earth days c) 500 Earth days d) 1 Earth day - answerb) 243 Earth days Venus has an orbital period around the Sun of _____ a) Five Earth years b) 225 Earth days c) 900 Earth days d) A millennium - answerb) 225 E...

Does earth's axis point in the same or different direction all year round? - ️️same direction. During the spring and fall equinox the sun tilts from the sun or towards? - ️️from the sun. During the summer solstice the sun tilts away or towards the sun? - ️️towards. During the winter solstice the sun tilts away or towards the sun? - ️️away. From our view in Boulder can we see stars near the south celestial pole? - ️️No. From our view in Boulder what kind of stars are nea...

wx 201 test 2 erau exam questions with correct answers station pressure - Answer-the actual air pressure computed at the observing station sea level pressure - Answer-the standard level of pressure 29.92 inches ideal gas law - Answer-the relationship PV=nRT, which describes the behavior of an ideal gas mercury barometer - Answer-consists of a glass tube open at the bottom end and partially filled with mercury barometric pressure - Answer-the pressure due to the weight of the atmos...

USCG Auxiliary Test Review With Updated and Correctly Answered Questions 100% Pass A+ Graded What drives the weather? - CORRECT ANSWER-the Sun and Earth's rotation Specific heat of a substance is... - CORRECT ANSWER-the rate of temperature increased for a given energy input The amount of solar energy that is absorbed by the Earth's surface is reduced due to... - CORRECT ANSWER--reflection from the clouds -the nature of the surface What heats faster? - CORRECT ANSWER-Land The la...

station pressure - Answer-the actual air pressure computed at the observing station sea level pressure - Answer-the standard level of pressure 29.92 inches ideal gas law - Answer-the relationship PV=nRT, which describes the behavior of an ideal gas mercury barometer - Answer-consists of a glass tube open at the bottom end and partially filled with mercury barometric pressure - Answer-the pressure due to the weight of the atmosphere; also called air pressure or atmospheric pressure ...