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naturalchemist

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The escape velocity at the event horizon around a black hole is
 
  a. smaller than the speed of light.
  b. equal to the speed of light.
  c. much larger than the speed of light.
  d. irrelevant since nothing (including light) can escape from a black hole.

Question 2

_________________ absorbs most infrared and microwaves coming from outside Earth's atmosphere.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word



tandmlomax84

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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

Water vapor



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