The amount of geological activity occurring on a terrestrial planet is related

A) only to its distance from the Sun
B) only to the amount of internal radioactive heating
C) to its size and the amount of internal radioactive heating
D) only to its size


C

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a. 2.1 m/s2 b. 2.3 m/s2 c. 1.9 m/s2 d. 1.7 m/s2 e. 3.2 m/s2

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A metal rod of length L in a region of space where a constant magnetic field points into the page rotates clockwise about an axis through its center at constant angular velocity ?. While it rotates, the point(s) at lowest potential is(are)

A. A. B. B. C. C. D. D. E. A and E.

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