Is air a specific gas? Explain

What will be an ideal response?


Air is not a specific gas; it is a mixture of several discrete gases and suspended particles of solids and liquids. All of these components vary in their quantities depending on location and conditions.

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Cooler, older, oceanic lithosphere sinks into the mantle at ________

A) subduction zones along convergent plate boundaries B) transform fault zones along divergent plate boundaries C) rift zones along oceanic ridges D) sites of long-lived, hot spot volcanism in the ocean basins

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Thunderstorms are usually associated with nimbostratus clouds

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Tectonic plate movements, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes can cause the extinction of existing species.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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The pupil of your eye is a net

A. emitter of radiant energy. B. absorber of radiant energy. C. neither of these D. not enough information

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