The name given to the point of a planet's orbit that is closest to the Sun is

a. aphelion.
b. focus.
c. perihelion.
d. solstice.


c

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Below the Curie temperature barium titanate is ferroelectric, and above the Curie temperature barium titanate is _________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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In order for clouds to form, air must be lifted. The three principal lifting mechanisms are

A) orographic, condensational, and frontal lifting. B) orthographic, conversational, and frontal lobotomy. C) convectional, orographic, and frontal lifting. D) adiabatic, topographic, and inversional lifting.

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