The tides on Earth are an example of ____________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
universal law of gravitation
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The heating of a planet or satellite because of friction caused by stretching due to the gravitational influence of a nearby body is referred to as _____
A) friction factorization B) tidal heating C) gravitational heating D) atomic friction
Galileo said that if you rolled a ball along a level surface it would
A) slow down due to its natural tendency to come to rest. B) keep rolling without slowing down if no friction acted upon it. C) roll as long as its inertia nudged it along. D) eventually roll in the opposite direction.
In the context of nuclear fusion in massive stars, hydrogen fusion can last 7 million years in a 25-solar-mass star, but that same star will fuse its oxygen in six months and its silicon in just one day
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What makes a worldview reductionist?
a. Believing that the universe is getting smaller. b. Believing that the behavior of parts can be explained by the behavior of the complex systems they create. c. Believing that the behavior of complex systems can be explained by the behavior of the small parts that create them. d. Believing that complications can be ignored in analyzing problems. e. Believing that theory of everything that reduces everything to one explanation can be found.