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naturalchemist

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on: Jul 27, 2018
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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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

Water vapor


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