Why might coating a metal with another metal that is harder to oxidize prevent the first metal from being oxidized?
A) It doesn't prevent it, but helps to slow it down.
B) All of the oxidizing agent is consumed using up the easily oxidized metal.
C) The metal that is coated is protected from moisture and oxygen so it doesn't react.
D) The metal that is acting as the coating is protected from moisture and oxygen.
E) all of the above
C
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A) are rightly alarmed, because all municipal drinking water should be free of any carcinogens. B) should be somewhat alarmed but might be comforted by knowing that some of these carcinogens are known to cause cancer only in mice. C) should know that it is the concentration, and not the presence of carcinogens, that is of greatest concern. D) should not be concerned, because it is the combination of carcinogens, and not the presence of any one carcinogen, that poses a health risk.
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A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid. B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid. C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect. D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct. E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
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A) magnet fields B) magma intrusions C) foliation D) oxidation E) Earth surface features
List five main types of fog and describe how each type forms
What will be an ideal response?