Why do the smaller household gadgets have such a small impact on the system overall?

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Because their energy usage is small and they are typically not used very often.

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Entropy is

A. something that never locally decreases in any process. B. a quantity that increases as the disorder of a system increases. C. another term for heat. D. a quantity that is conserved in any thermal process.

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What is not true about the Milky Way bulge?

A: It's easiest to see its center by looking in radio, IR, or X-rays B: It's actually more like a bar (sorta elongated) C: Young stars are very close to the center D: Old stars are very close to the center E: It contains both young and old stars

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Briefly explain how a fiber made of oriented ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene can be much stronger than structural steel in tension, but perpendicular to the fiber axis, its hardness is much less than that of steel.

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Kirchhoff's Rules: Determine the current in the 8.0-? resistor for the circuit shown in the figure. Assume that the batteries are ideal and that all numbers are accurate to two significant figures.

A. 0.28 A B. 1.3 A C. 1.6 A D. 2.1 A

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