Pulsars are thought to be

A) accreting white dwarfs.
B) rapidly rotating neutron stars.
C) unstable high-mass stars.
D) accreting black holes.


B) rapidly rotating neutron stars.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The carbon dioxide cycle is important to Earth because it

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