The Octet rule states that atoms tend to gain, lose, or share electrons until they are surrounded by six valence electrons

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


FALSE

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Innovations in agriculture have increased food supply. This has allowed human populations to grow to approximately ________ by the end of the agriculture period

A) 100 million B) 1 billion C) 1.5 billion D) 1 million E) 500 million

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Which of the following facts supporting advanced toothed whale intelligence is correct?

A) Some wild dolphins have been reported to attack drowning humans. B) Their brains are highly compartmentalized. C) They can communicate with humans by using sound. D) They have large brains relative to their body size. E) They resist being trained to respond to human hand signals.

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Obsidian is characterized by its ________ texture

A) course-grained B) fine-grained C) vesicular D) glassy

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Isotopic dating has shown that the precambrian era took up ________% of all geologic time.

A. 15 B. 46 C. 95 D. 87 E. 62

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