The dome of water associated with a hurricane making landfall is called a
a. storm surge.
b. tide.
c. tidal wave.
d. flood.
a
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
By studying distant galaxies in the 1920s, Hubble made the following important discovery that led us to conclude that the universe is expanding.
A) All galaxies contain billions of stars, and all galaxies have spiral shapes. B) All galaxies were born at the same time, and all will die at the same time. C) All galaxies outside the Local Group are moving away from us, and the farther away they are, the faster they're going. D) All galaxies outside the Local Group are orbiting the Local Group. E) Galaxies are in motion throughout the universe, with about equal numbers moving toward us and away from us.
How is energy transfer from the solar interior to surface similar to a process in Earth's atmosphere?
What will be an ideal response?
Quasar's spectral lines are
A) emission lines with large red shifts. B) a continuum from the synchrotron radiation. C) fuzzy absorption lines from the merged light of the billions of stars. D) too complex for any interpretation. E) nonexistent, the gas so hot as to be totally ionized, so no lines are seen.