Which of the following best describes the nature and origin of the atmospheres of the Moon and Mercury?
A) They have thin tropospheres only, with gas coming from evaporation and sublimation.
B) They have thin exospheres only, with gas coming from impacts of subatomic particles and photons.
C) They have only small amounts of gas, all of which is leftover from outgassing long ago.
D) They have very thin atmospheres produced by outgassing, but still have the layers of a troposphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.
B
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A. 0.38° B. 13° C. 17° D. 22° E. 68°
Two concentric imaginary spherical surfaces of radius R and 2R, respectively, surround a positive point charge Q located at the center of the surfaces. When compared to the electric flux ?1 through the surface of radius R, the electric flux ?2 through the surface of radius 2R is
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a. attempt to dig into the road surface. b. tend to veer toward the center of the semicircle. c. arrive safely at the end of the semicircle. d. tend to veer toward the outside of the circle. e. veer toward the center for the first quarter-circle, then veer toward the outside for the second quarter-circle.
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