The cloud of interstellar dust and gas that forms a star is known as a
a. white dwarf.
b. protostar.
c. red giant.
d. nebula.

D. nebula

Nebula is the cloud of interstellar dust and gas that forms a star. It is collborately shaped during colliding and collapsing of the interstellar mediums this is influenced by the gravitational attraction of the atoms and particles in the entites. Hence, there are three types of nebular namely, are classical nebula, diffuse nebula, planetary nebular and supernova remnants.

The sample with the lowest specific heat capacity will have the greatest temperature increase. in this case, it would be platinum.

W= fd
where f is an applied force and d is the distance over which it is applied. when a parachuting skydiver is at constant velocity, he is experiencing "terminal velocity", the point at which his acceleration down is canceled out by air resistance. that means that the resisting force of the air is equal to his weight, but in the opposite direction. with this, we can solve for the work done by the force.
w = fd
w = (92.0)(9.81 m/s^2) (325)
w= 2.93 x 10^5 j
the value for work in this case is positive because it is pushing up on the skydiver, who has a downward force of gravity.
therefore the answer is 2.93 x 10^5 j