Mercury's rotation and revolution are an example of a 3:2 resonance

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TRUE

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Mars appears from Earth to go through all the phases like Venus

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What is the source of Jupiter's excess energy?

A) Helium rain falling through its interior B) The decay of radioactive elements in its dense core C) Nuclear fusion in its hot, sunlike core of hydrogen D) The slow escape of gravitational energy released during the planet's formation E) The tidal stresses of the large Galilean moons

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If the voltage between the plates of a parallel-plate capacitor is doubled, the charge on the capacitor

A) is tripled. B) is doubled. C) is halved. D) quadruples. E) remains the same.

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Time Dilation: A spaceship visits a star that is 4.5 light-years from Earth, and the spaceship travels at one-half the speed of light for the entire trip.(a) How long did the trip take according to an observer on Earth?(b) How long did the trip take according to an observer on the spaceship?

What will be an ideal response?

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