Suppose we use a baseball to represent Earth. On this scale, the other terrestrial worlds (Mercury, Venus, the Moon, and Mars) would range in size approximately from that of ________.
A) a golf ball to a baseball B) a dust speck to a basketball
C) a golf ball to a beach ball D) a dust speck to a golf ball
Question 2
A gas heated to millions of degrees would emit
A) mostly radio waves.
B) mostly X-rays.
C) no light, because it is too hot.
D) mostly ultraviolet light.
E) an equal amount of all wavelengths of light.
Solar particles interact with Earth's magnetosphere. Sizes not to scale.
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