Anticlines and synclines are like
A) strike-slip faults because they rub together.
B) the stretched places in a piece of taffy when you pull its ends.
C) the compression in a tennis ball when it hits a racket.
D) wrinkles in a rug when you push the ends of the rug toward one another.
D
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A) rusting of a car body B) ripening of fruit C) souring of milk D) None, all of these are chemical changes.
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A. No. The gamma rays do not have sufficient energy to initiate the nuclear reaction in the atoms of the food. B. Yes and No. Although the gamma rays initiate the nuclear reaction, the radioactivity does not show up until the food is ingested. C. Yes. This is why irradiation with cobalt-60 is no longer approved by the FDA. D. Yes. However, the radioactivity resulting is well below the danger level established by the FDA.
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