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Which voyage was the first expedition devoted purely to marine science?
 A) Matthew Maury's oceanographic work as a U.S. naval officer
  B) the Challenger expedition
  C) Benjamin Franklin's first voyage across the Atlantic to take up his post as American Ambassador to France
  D) Captain Cook's voyage to Tahiti in the ship Endeavour

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What is thermal inertia?
 A) The increase of heat energy
  B) The propensity for a substance to resist temperature changes
  C) The properties that moderate changes in temperature
  D) The amount of heat energy needed to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance by 1 Celsius


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Reply #1 on: Aug 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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Reply #2 on: Aug 22, 2018
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