You find yourself on a silent airless world! The lack of an atmosphere means that you must be very careful not to look at the Sun so that you will not be blinded by its ultraviolet and X-ray radiation
However, you are able to determine that the Sun has about the same angular size that you are used to on Earth. Although this world is clearly lifeless, you are surprised to find footprints and car tracks etched in the powdery surface.
You are on the Moon. The presence of car tracks indicates that you are near the landing sites of either Apollo 15, 16, or 17, since those are the missions that brought cars with them to the Moon.
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A) big crunch B) cosmic detonation event C) big bang D) big blowup
A car is driven 1200 m north at 20.0 m/s and then driven 1600 m east at 25.0 m/s. What is the magnitude of the average velocity for this trip?
A. 16.1 m/s B. 22.6 m/s C. 31.3 m/s D. 11.3 m/s E. 62.2 m/s
The region from the origin to the elastic limit on an applied force versus elongation graph for a typical metal under tension is referred to as the
A) elastic region. B) proportional region. C) plastic region. D) ultimate strength region. E) breaking region.
How is dust usually observed around young protostars in stages 4-6?
What will be an ideal response?