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rachel9

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The major impact in the Yucatan wiped out the dinosaurs:
 
  A) about 450 million years ago.
  B) about 200 million years ago.
  C) about 65 million years ago.
  D) about 36 million years ago.
  E) less than 2 million years ago.

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What do we mean by the term molecular clouds? Why do they exist? How can observation of their properties yield clues to the processes of stellar formation?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

Molecular clouds are very cool interstellar gas clouds, cool enough that complex molecules can form. A shock wave, from an emission nebula or an exploding star, can lead to star formation in the molecular cloud.


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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