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What type of organism would you must likely form a fossil by freezing?
Snake
Crocodile
Wooly mammoth
Insect
6 AnswersZoology11 months agoANALOGY -- Lithosphere: rigid as asthenosphere: ____________.?
mutable
inflexible
static
unyielding
Earth Sciences & Geology11 months agoWhy can the iridium sediment layer be used as evidence to support the main theory about the extinction of the dinosaurs?
Volcanic magma is filled with iridium.
It is not common on Earth, but is common in meteorites.
Dinosaur bones were composed of iridium.
It is very common on Earth and it reacts with iron from meteorites.
2 AnswersEarth Sciences & Geology11 months agoRelative age can tell you the numeric age of an object.?
True
False
1 AnswerEarth Sciences & Geology11 months agoAt the end of “Mirror,” the woman sees _____.?
The person she wants to become
Herself growing older
A young girl playing happily
Goldfish in a tank
2 AnswersPoetry11 months agoWhat was the greatest risk faced by the men who refused to sign an order establishing a whites-only officers’ club.?
Death
Dishonorable discharge
Reprimand
Prison
3 AnswersBooks & Authors11 months agoThe people that Hersey focuses on can best be described as ____. (In “A Noiseless Flash” from )?
Government officials
Ordinary people
Wealthy civilians
Heroic soldiers
Books & Authors11 months agoWhen the speaker says he is “six miles from the earth, loosed from its dream of life,” what does he mean?
(in The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner)
He is desperately trying to escape and parachute to safety.He feels disconnected from what is happening on the ground.He realizes that he is about to die.He is speaking from the point of view of someone who is already dead.
3 AnswersBooks & Authors11 months agoHow did Kepler’s explanations of planetary orbits differ from Newton’s explanation?
Newton answered the ‘why.’
Kepler answered the ‘how’ and ‘why.’
Kepler answered the ‘why.’
Newton answered the ‘how.’
3 AnswersAstronomy & Space12 months agoWave energy _________ as depth increases.?
stays the same
increases
increases twofold
decreases
Physics12 months agoWithin the main sequence, what is true about the relationship between the luminosity of stars and the temperature of stars?
The higher the temperature, the higher the luminosity.
There is no relationship.
The higher the temperature, the lower the luminosity.
The lower the temperature, the higher the luminosity.
4 AnswersAstronomy & Space12 months agoWhy are the inner planets less gaseous than the outer planets?
The outer planets formed from the center of the nebula
The inner planets formed far from the nebula’s center
The outer planets formed away from heat
The outer planets could not retain the lighter gases
2 AnswersAstronomy & Space12 months agoA comet’s _____ tail always points away from the Sun because _____________.?
Dust; the solar wind pulls the particles towards the comet’s head
Ion; the solar wind pulls the particles towards the comet’s head
Ion; the solar wind pushes the particles away from the comet’s head
Dust; the solar wind pushes the particles away from the comet’s head
2 AnswersAstronomy & Space12 months agoWhy may Enceladus be a potential place to look for life?
Icy surface
Size relative to Earth’s
Erupting glaciers
2 AnswersAstronomy & Space12 months agoWhat is the relation between the proximity of the observer to the North Pole and the number of circumpolar stars observed?
The shorter the distance, the more circumpolar stars.
The greater the distance, the fewer circumpolar stars.
There is no relationship.
The shorter the distance, the fewer circumpolar stars.
1 AnswerAstronomy & Space12 months ago