The San Andreas fault is still active today as the northwest moving
A) North American Plate grinds against the southwest moving Pacific Plate.
B) Pacific Plate grinds against the southwest moving North American Plate.
Answer: B
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A. 2.3 m/s B. 3.2 m/s C. 3.9 m/s D. 8.9 m/s E. 10 m/s
A mercury barometer
A) is an open tube manometer. B) is a closed tube manometer. C) measures gauge pressure. D) is usually 760. cm tall. E) does not contain mercury.
The spectra of stars in other galaxies show a Doppler shift of spectral lines toward the ________ (color) end of the spectrum, thus providing evidence for the expansion of the universe.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Bottles of perfume sometimes have thick glass (n = 1.5) walls which give the impression the volume is larger than it is. Assume a cylindrical bottle has an inner radius of 1.0 cm and an outer radius of 2.0 cm. How thick (in cm) would the wall appear if you could see a mark on the inside surface?
a. 0.80 b. 0.51 c. 0.72 d. 80 e. 12