________ is the smallest of the terrestrial planets.

A. Mercury
B. Earth
C. Venus
D. Pluto
E. Mars


Answer: A

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Why is there a two-day difference in the sidereal and synodic months?

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A) -5.0 m/s2 B) 2.0 m/s2 C) -18 m/s2 D) -3.0 m/s2 E) 18 m/s2

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An object is placed exactly halfway between the Earth and the Moon. The object will fall toward the

A) Earth. B) Moon. C) neither

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