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nummyann

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By studying distant galaxies in the 1920s, Hubble made which of the following important discoveries that led us to conclude that the universe is expanding?
 
  A) All galaxies contain billions of stars, and all galaxies have spiral shapes.
  B) All galaxies were born at the same time, and all will die at the same time.
  C) All galaxies outside the Local Group are moving away from us, and the farther away they are, the faster they're going.
  D) All galaxies outside the Local Group are orbiting the Local Group.
  E) All galaxies outside the Local Group are moving away from us, and all are moving away at nearly the same speed.

Question 2

Every second, the Sun converts about 600 million tons of hydrogen into 596 million tons of helium. The remaining 4 million tons of mass is
 
  A) ejected into space in a solar wind.
  B) ejected into space by solar flares.
  C) converted to an amount of energy equal to 4 million tons times the speed of light squared.
  D) reabsorbed as molecular hydrogen.



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pallen55

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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

C




nummyann

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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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