The surface water temperature on a large, deep lake is 3°C. A sensitive temperature probe is lowered several m into the lake. What temperature will the probe record?
A) a temperature warmer than 3°C
B) a temperature less than 3°C
C) a temperature equal to 3°C
A
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A) larger than the object. B) the same size as the object. C) smaller than the object.
The maximum mass of a white dwarf is
A) about the mass of our Sun. B) about 1.4 times the mass of our Sun. C) limitless; there is no theoretical limit to the maximum mass of a white dwarf. D) about 3 times the mass of our Sun.
If the tilt of Earth’s axis to its orbital plane were 40 degrees, instead of 23 1/2, but its distance from the Sun remained the same, what would happen to the seasons?
a. They wouldn’t change much. b. They would become less extreme—winter and summer would be more alike. c. They would become more extreme—winter colder and summer warmer.
The process of formation of the Solar System
a) involved the Sun forming from the collapse of a large planet. b) began about 10 million years ago. c) led to the formation of the most massive planets closest to the Sun and the least massivefarthest away. d) involved a spinning cloud of gas that remained spherical until after the planets andSun formed. e) took only a small fraction of the age of the Solar System.