Ice, when it is frozen year-round in the ground, is termed ________.


Answer: permafrost

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Pressure: When a box rests on a round sheet of wood on the ground, it exerts an average pressure p on the wood. If the wood is replaced by a sheet that has half the diameter of the original piece, what is the new average pressure?

A. 4p
B. 2p
C. p
D. p/2
E. p/4

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In a double-slit experiment, the slit separation is 2.0 mm, and two wavelengths, 750. nm and 900. nm, illuminate the slits. A screen is placed 2.0 m from the slits

At what distance from the central maximum on the screen will a bright fringe from one pattern first coincide with a bright fringe from the other?

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The largest volcano in the solar system is on ______________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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For the x-ray diffraction pattern in Figure 15.4 produced with copper K? of wavelength 0.1541 nm, assume that this is some unknown material, but it has been determined that the material is cubic by Laue diffraction.

(a) Prove that the material is BCC. (b) Determine h, k, and l for each of the lines, but you can ignore the small peak at 35°. This is a K? peak. (c) Determine the lattice parameter of this material using the (321) peak.

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