CAS PY 28983

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subject Authors Charles A. Higgins, James Shipman, Jerry D. Wilson

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A waxing phase of the Moon can be seen
A) 10 days after a full moon.
B) 10 days after a new moon.
C) 10 days before a new moon.
D) none of these
When one travels east while passing over a time zone boundary (ignoring daylight
savings time issues),
A) the date is decreased one day.
B) the time is decreased one hour.
C) the time is advanced one hour.
D) the date is advanced one day.
E) none of these occurs.
P seismic waves can travel through ______________.
A) solid material
B) liquid
C) gas
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D) plasma
E) solid and liquid material
What type of reaction gives CO2and H2O as the only products?
A) Complete hydrocarbon combustion
B) Acid"base reaction
C) Acid"carbonate reaction
D) Single-replacement, with an acid and an active metal
If the magnitude difference between one star and another is 1, the stars differ in
brightness by a factor of
A) 10.
B) 100.
C) 2.51.
D) 4.
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The troposphere derives energy by means of
A) latent heat of condensation only.
B) absorption of terrestrial radiation only.
C) conduction from Earth's surface only.
D) all of these.
A material's capacity to transmit fluids is called its
A) permeability.
B) solifluction.
C) drift.
D) porosity.
The planet with the most prominent rings is
A) Jupiter.
B) Saturn.
C) Uranus.
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D) Neptune.
A component in an automobile 12-V electrical system has a resistance of 90 . How
much energy is dissipated by the component each second?
A) 0.63 J
B) 1.6 J
C) 7.5 J
D) 0.13 J
In 1960, the scientist named __________ proposed the concept of seafloor spreading.
A) Andrija Mohorovicic
B) Harry Hess
C) Alfred Wegener
D) None of the above
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Oxygen is supplied to the atmosphere by
A) ozone.
B) incomplete combustion.
C) photosynthesis.
D) complete combustion.
Which of the following scientists is generally designated "the father of geology"?
A) Friedrich Mohs
B) James Hutton
C) Alfred Wegener
D) Edwin Hubble
For which of the following reasons is production of ethanol unwise?
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A) Pollutants aren't significantly reduced.
B) It takes twice as much fossil-fuel energy to produce ethanol than the ethanol that is
produced supplies.
C) It can drive costs of corn higher.
D) All of the above.
Calcium carbonate is the major component of each of the following except
A) limestone.
B) seashells.
C) stalagmites.
D) bones.
In a battery circuit with different resistors in parallel,
A) the total resistance is larger than the value of the largest resistor.
B) the current is the same through each resistor.
C) the total resistance is larger than the value of the smallest resistor.
D) the voltage is the same across each resistor.
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The greatest cause of hurricane deaths is
A) the storm surge.
B) panic.
C) the eye.
D) high winds.
The Pacific Ocean southwest of the United States is the source region for the
______________ type of air mass.
A) cP
B) mA
C) mT
D) mP
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Patches of cooler material on the Sun's surface are called
A) flares.
B) prominences.
C) cool spots.
D) sunspots.
Which group is the nearest neighbor to the noble gases in the periodic table?
A) Noble gases
B) Alkaline earth metals
C) Halogens
D) Alkali metals
Rocks solidified from molten material above ground are classified as ______________
igneous rocks.
A) extrusive
B) intrusive
C) superior
D) inferior
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A lunar eclipse can occur only when the Moon is in or near the ______________ phase.
A) new
B) first-quarter
C) last-quarter
D) full
What is the formula of a compound formed from the ions M3+ and X1-?
A) M3X
B) MX
C) M2X3
D) MX3
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The largest units of geologic time are the
A) eons.
B) periods.
C) eras.
D) epochs.
The apparent brightness of stars is ranked according to magnitude. The brightest stars
were originally ranked as what magnitude?
A) Zero
B) Sixth
C) First
D) None of the above
What must be exerted on an object to change the angular momentum?
A) Linear momentum
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B) Torque
C) A force parallel to the motion
D) Inertia
The tallest column of water able to be supported by using atmospheric pressure is
A) about 10 m.
B) about 1 m.
C) about 100 m.
D) about 1 cm.
The oldest rocks on the Moon were formed about how many years ago?
A) 1.5 million
B) 4.4 million
C) 1.5 billion
D) 4.4 billion
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Retrograde motion of a planet refers to ______________ motion.
A) west-to-east
B) east-to-west
C) circular
D) elliptical
What is the frequency, in hertz, of a sound wave (v= 340 m/s) with a wavelength of 10
m?
A) 34 Hz
B) 3400 Hz
C) 340 Hz
D) 0.029 Hz
At what longitude is an observer who sees the last-quarter moon on his meridian when
it is 12:00 noon local solar time at 75W?
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A) 165W
B) 15E
C) 15W
D) 165E
E) 75E
Light for which the electric field vector is restricted to one plane is said to be
A) linearly polarized.
B) linearly refracted.
C) linearly reflected.
D) unpolarized.
The ______________ surrounds the nucleus of a comet.
A) head or coma
B) cloud
C) fuzz
D) cover
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E) epinucleus
The observation of a "wet spot" on a hot highway in the summer is caused by
A) dispersion.
B) diffraction.
C) refraction.
D) reflection.
After the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, the next largest ocean on Earth is which ocean?
A) Arctic
B) Indian
C) Antarctic
D) Mediterranean
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Earth's second largest ocean is the ______________ Ocean.
Other planetary systems are detected by a "wobbling" of the star as a consequence of
______________ effects of a planet.
A(n) ______________ is a comparison of an unknown physical quantity with the
standard unit.
The voltage in a house is measured to be 122.5 V. What is the current drawn by a
75.0-W light bulb?
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What is the mass in kilograms of an astronaut on the Moon who weighs 185 lb on
Earth?
A force of 7.2 N acting on a 1.0-kg object initially at rest moves it through a parallel
distance of 2.5 m. How much work is done on the object?
The three fundamental quantities studied in Chapter 1 are length, mass, and
______________.
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Matter can be defined as anything that ______________ ______________ and
______________ ______________.
The Greek astronomer who assigned the stars to six magnitudes was named
_______________.
The orbital period of the Moon with respect to a star (other than the Sun) is called a(n)
______________ month.
Sediments that are transported to the sea in solution are known as ______________
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sediments.
If a person weighs 150 lb on Earth, what will the person weigh on the Moon?
Draw the structural formula for methyl alcohol.
A wave is a propagation of ______________.
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When one crosses the International Date Line traveling eastward, one day is
______________ the present date.

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