As white light passes through a prism, the red (longer) wavelengths bend less than the blue (shorter) wavelengths, so forming the rainbow of colors
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TRUE
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He developed a system for predicting planetary positions that remained in use for some 1,500 years.
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All the following statements about Mars are true. Which one might have led to a significant loss of atmospheric gas to space?
A) Mars lost any global magnetic field that it may once have had. B) The axis tilt of Mars is thought to change significantly with time. C) Outgassed water molecules are split apart, and the oxygen then reacts chemically with surface rock on Mars. D) Mars probably once had a much higher density of greenhouse gases in its atmosphere than it does today.
A train slowly climbs a 400-m mountain track which is at an angle of 8.0° with respect to the horizontal. How much altitude does it gain?
a. 55.7 m b. 200 m c. 60.7 m d. 396 m e. 400 m
On a photograph of the Moon, the Moon measures 30 cm in diameter and a small crater measures 0.2 cm. The Moon's physical diameter is 1738 km. What is the physical diameter of the small crater?
a. about 1738 km b. about 12 km c. about 520 km d. about 350 km e. about 3.5 km