Which of the following planets in our solar system can we see occasionally transit across the face of the Sun?

A) Mercury only
B) Mercury and Venus
C) Mercury, Venus, and Mars
D) Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn
E) all of the planets


A) Mercury only

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Suppose that inflation did not occur. In that case, the fact that the cosmic microwave background has the same temperature in opposite directions of the sky would be considered

A) surprising, because those locations would never have been close enough to have any light or matter exchanged between them. B) surprising, because we would not expect those locations to have the same age. C) natural, because everything in the universe is naturally expected to have the same temperature. D) natural, because quantum fluctuations in the early universe would have ensured that the whole universe had precisely the same temperature.

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We look toward a cool star. How can we determine that there is an interstellar dust cloud between us and the star?

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Exhibit 5-2

A 4.00-kg block is suspended from the roof of an elevator. A 2.00-kg block is suspended from the 4.00-kg block. The tensions in strings 1 and 2 are labeled and . ? ? Use this exhibit to answer the following question(s). Refer to . When the elevator accelerates upwards with an acceleration of 2.20 m/s2, the magnitudes of and  are A. 30.4 N; 15.2 N. B. 39.2 N; 19.6 N. C. 45.6 N; 15.2 N. D. 48.0 N; 24.0 N. E. 72.0 N; 24.0 N.

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