During Earth's third stage of development, flooding, began as _______________ continued to heat Earth's interior and caused rock to melt in the upper mantle
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
radioactive decay
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A dump truck has a large cubical concrete block in its bed. The coefficients of friction between this block and the floor of the bed are µk = 0.450 and µs = 0.650
As the bed is slowly tilted above the horizontal, will the brick first begin to slide or will it first tip over? A) It will first tip over. B) It will first begin to slide. C) It will tip over just as it begins to slide. D) It is impossible to answer without knowing the mass of the block. E) It is impossible to answer without knowing the dimensions of the block.
In some cases, a supernova in a binary system may lead to the eventual formation of an accretion disk around the remains of the star that exploded. All of the following statements about such accretion disks are true except
A) X-rays are emitted by the hot gas in the accretion disk. B) the accretion disk consists of material that spills off the companion star. C) the central object about which the accretion disk swirls may be either a neutron star or a black hole. D) several examples of flattened accretion disks being "fed" by a large companion star can be seen clearly in photos from the Hubble Space Telescope. E) the radiation from an accretion disk may vary rapidly in time.
By how much will a slab of concrete 18. m long contract when the temperature drops from 24.°C to -16.°C? (The coefficient of linear thermal expansion for concrete is 12 × 10-6 per degree C.)
A) 1.5 cm B) 0.86 cm C) 70. mm D) 15. cm E) 0.5 cm
On a clear day, the sky appears to be more blue toward the zenith (overhead) than it does toward the horizon. This occurs because
A) the atmosphere is denser higher up than it is at the earth's surface. B) the temperature of the upper atmosphere is higher than it is at the earth's surface. C) the sunlight travels over a longer path at the horizon, resulting in more absorption. D) the atmosphere is more reddish over the ocean.