When you abbreviate very large or very small numbers, you are using

A. scientific notation.

B. significant digits.

C. rounding

D. conversion factors.

De Vico Comet orbits the Sun every 74.0 years and has an orbital eccentricity of 0.96. Find the comet's average distance from the Sun (semimajor axis). Express your answer in astronomical units to three significant figures.

Under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure, the particles in a gas are Select one: a. closely packed. b. very far from each other. c. held in fixed positions. d. able to slide past each other.

You do 20 J of work pushing a crate up a ramp. If the output work from the inclined plane is 11 J, then what is the efficiency of the inclined plane?

Altocumulus and altostratus clouds usually bring which of the following types of weather? hot, windy conditions heavy snow or rain light snow or rain sunny skies

Sonar relies mostly on which of the following wave properties

Describe the factors that form deep currents

A comet is cruising through the solar system at a speed of 50000 kilometers per hour for 4 hours time. What is the total distance traveled by the comet during this time in kilometers, miles, and light years?

A gas in a closed container is heated with 12J of energy, causing the lid of the container to rise 3m with 5N of force. What is the total change in energy?

What are illuminated objects?

During one year a population of blue jays has zero population growth. which must be true about the blue jay population at the end of the year compared to the beginning of the year?