A gasoline engine absorbs 2500 J of heat and performs 1000 J of mechanical work in each cycle. The efficiency of the engine is

a. 80%.
b. 40%.
c. 60%.
d. 20%.
e. 50%.


b

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A. 4.58 cm B. 45.8 cm C. 50 cm D. 9.12 cm E. 91.2 cm

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In what part of the spectrum are starburst galaxies brightest? Remember: Starbursts are dusty. What does dust do?

A.) X-ray. B.) Ultraviolet. C.) Visible. D.) Infrared. E.) Radio.

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Karl Schwarzschild did all but one of the following during his relatively short life. Which one?

a. Was a professor at German universities. b. Served in World War II for Germany in Russia. c. Found the radius of a collapsed star using the general theory of relativity. d. Was an astronomer.

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Which of the following is(are) believed to be material that never collected into a single planet?

a. Asteroids b. Meteoroids c. Comets d. Interplanetary dust

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