Surrounding a comet's nucleus is the broad, glowing area called the ________.

A) head
B) tail
C) coma
D) belt


Answer: C) coma

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A. fragmentation zone. B. habitat island. C. barrier island. D. urban landscape. E. temperate region.

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Was this aerial image taken in the morning or in the afternoon?

Go to The National Map (http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/). Once the viewer has opened, in the “Search” box, enter the latitude and longitude of the area north of Canyonlands National Park shown in Figure 32-3, Figure 32-4, and Maps T-7 and T-20: 38° 33'40" North, 110° 03'16" West. Select “Imagery” to see aerial imagery of this area. Zoom in until you have a close view of this half-circle-shaped hill encircled by a dry gorge.

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Is the process of partial melting more likely to produce magmas that are more mafic or more felsic?

Why? What will be an ideal response?

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The amount of useful work accomplished by a particular input of energy into a system is

a. Energy quality b. Energy potential c. Energy capacity d. Energy efficiency e. Energy loss

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