Another name for lines of longitude is meridians.

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true

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false

Some gamma ray bursts are hypothesized to come from mergers of neutron stars or black holes. if this hypothesis is correct, what else should we in principle be able to detect from such mergers? a. gravitiational waves b. x-ray bursts c. significant disruption of gas thousands of light-years away in the surrounding galaxy d. an "afterglow" of bright visible light, lasting for weeks

Acivilization exists for several hundred yeaars, developing its own language. such a civilization probably has been: a. farming corn b. suffering from a lack of contact with the outside world. c. isolated by mountains or some other physical barriers. d. starving from lack of trade.

Which revelation resulted from the observation of the spectrum of different galaxies? a. there were more galaxies whose spectrum was blueshifted b. there were no galaxies whose spectrum was redshifted c. there were more galaxies whose spectrum was redshifted d. there were no galaxies whose spectrum was blueshifted