It is often stated that natural systems are capable of cleaning pollution (at least when the contamination is not large). How can plants and animals in the environment clean water?

What will be an ideal response?


The contaminants are used in the organism, and many compounds are rendered
harmless (becoming a normal constituent of the organism.

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Consider three galaxies, Alpha, Beta and Gamma. An astronomer in Beta sees each of the other two galaxies moving away from him in opposite directions at 0.70c. At what speed would an observer in Alpha see the galaxy Gamma moving?

A) 1.4c B) 0.94c C) 0.98c D) 0.82c E) 0.70c

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How does increasing the temperature affect a semiconductor?

a. The band gaps increase in energy. b. The resistance decreases linearly with increasing temperature. c. More and more electrons are near the Fermi energy. d. The electrons separate from their paired state when the resistance increases. e. At the critical temperature, the semiconductor becomes an impurity semiconductor.

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You can hear sound through an open window from sources that are not in your line of sight because of

a. interference b. diffraction c. the sound level d. the Doppler effect e. none of the above

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The fact that some satellites and planets have cratered surfaces supports the hypothesis that planets and satellites were bombarded by planetesimals.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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