Consider the following statement, and explain whether or not it is sensible: NASA hopes to build a new telescope that will allow us to see 100 million light-years into the past

What will be an ideal response?


Not sensible: It uses light-years as a length of time.

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Helium fusion is called the triple-alpha process because

a. the helium nucleus is known as an alpha particle. b. it occurs very rapidly. c. it requires a temperature three times greater than that of hydrogen fusion. d. it is the third source of the primary fusion processes. e. each reaction produces three carbon nuclei.

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The number of significant figures in 0.40 is

A) one. B) two. C) three. D) four. E) five.

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When a solid melts

A) the temperature of the substance increases. B) the temperature of the substance decreases. C) heat energy leaves the substance. D) heat energy enters the substance.

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A 47.0-kg person steps on a scale in an elevator. The scale reads 461 N. What is the elevator doing?

What will be an ideal response?

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