Edwin Hubble discovered that the farther away a galaxy is the

A. more black holes it contains.
B. faster it is receding from us.
C. more massive it is.
D. more energetic it is.


Answer: B

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What will be an ideal response?

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A. Iron and magnesium will link up with aluminum and the silicon-oxygen tetrahedron as magma temperature decreases to sequentially form four distinct and discontinuous families of minerals-olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, and biotite mica. B. Both of these are correct. C. Calcium will combine with aluminum and the silicon-oxygen tetrahedron to begin forming the plagioclase feldspar family, a continuous and gradational series of minerals. D. None of these choices are correct.

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