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corkyiscool3328

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on: Jul 28, 2018
Physics is NOT:
 a. the study of the material world.
  b. the search for patterns in the behavior of material objects.
  c. the search for rules that describe the behavior of objects in the Universe.
  d. a discipline that covers the entire span of space and time.
  e. a fixed and unchanging body of knowledge.

Question 2

Which of the following techniques is not useful for determining the age of the universe?
  a. The ages of white dwarf stars.
  b. Old stars in globular clusters.
  c. The Hubble constant.
  d. Size of the Milky Way.


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Pariscourtney

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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

e

Answer to Question 2

d.
This statement is not true. The size of the Milky Way is not a technique for finding the age of the universe.


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Reply #2 on: Jul 28, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Jul 28, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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