One possible ingredient of dark matter is known as WIMPs, or weakly interacting massive particles. Our best guess is that WIMPs probably are made of protons and neutrons

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FALSE

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One light-year is the distance light travels in one year. The speed of light is about 300,000 km/s (3 × 105 km/s). How far is 1 light-year?

A) 3 × 105 km B) 1.8 × 107 km C) 1.08 × 109 km D) 9.46 × 1012 km

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Why isn't there a planet where the asteroid belt is located?

A) There was not enough material in this part of the solar nebula to form a planet. B) A planet once formed here, but it was broken apart by a catastrophic collision. C) Gravitational tugs from Jupiter prevented material from collecting together to form a planet. D) There was too much rocky material to form a terrestrial planet, but not enough gaseous material to form a jovian planet. E) The temperature in this portion of the solar nebula was just right to prevent rock from sticking together.

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The striking gap between Saturn's A and B rings is called the ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The half-life of a muon is 2.2 ?s. How fast is it moving relative to an observer who says its half-life is 4.4 ?s?

a. 0.87 c b. 0.75 c c. 0.97 c d. 0.72 c e. 0.50 c

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