What is unusual about the planet Venus?
A) It rotates in a direction opposite to the direction of its orbit.
B) It orbits the Sun faster than it should give the size of its orbit.
C) It orbits the Sun in a direction opposite that of all the other planets.
D) It does not orbit the Sun in the same plane as the other planets.
E) It rotates extremely rapidly around its axis.
A) It rotates in a direction opposite to the direction of its orbit.
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A) a sudden surge of star formation. B) a series of supernovae around the core. C) the sudden collapse of the core into a supermassive black hole. D) a close encounter with a neighbor galaxy. E) the fusion of helium into carbon in their cores.
As a block slides down a 33° frictionless incline, its acceleration
a. decreases with distance. b. remains constant. c. is greatest at the bottom of the incline. d. is greatest at the top of the incline.
Doubling the number of effective opaque layers in a planet’s atmosphere from n to 2n will make its average surface temperature increase by what factor?
A. 2 B. 21/4 C. 31/4 D. (2 + 1/n)1/4 E. [2 + 1/(n+1)]1/4 F. Some other factor (specify) T. The factor depends on the planet’s initial temperature.
Heat is added to an ideal gas at 20.°C. If the internal energy of the gas increases by a factor of three during this process, what is the final temperature?
What will be an ideal response?