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silviawilliams41

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Explain the two sources of heat that melted a planet during its formation.
 
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Calculations of the Sun's future evolution indicate that it will blow away almost half of its mass in several relatively short episodes about 4 to 5 billion years from now before it is finally extinguished.
 
  a. True
  b. False
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debra928

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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

heat of formation: violent impacts of infalling particles would also have released energy

radioactive decay: heat would begin to accumulate in its interior from the decay of short-lived radioactive elements

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False


silviawilliams41

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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Gracias!

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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