Jupiter and Saturn are so massive they were able to grow by drawing in cool gas by _______________ from the solar nebula

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


gravitational collapse

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What will be an ideal response?

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The lowest temperature on any given day occurs

A) around midnight. B) around sunset. C) around sunrise. D) at about 4:00 pm.

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Which of the following stars spends the longest time in the protostellar phase of life?

A) a 1 solar-mass star B) a 2 solar-mass star C) a 3 solar-mass star D) a 4 solar-mass star E) a 5 solar-mass star

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The pressure relief valve is opened on a thin-walled cylindrical tank, with the radius-to-wall thickness ratio of 128, thereby decreasing the lon-gitudinal strain by 150 3 1026. Assume E 5 73 GPa and ? 5 0.33. The original internal pressure in the tank was approximately:


(A) 370 kPa
(B) 450 kPa
(C) 500 kPa
(D) 590 kPa

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