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Question 1 of 20ScienceThe speed of light in a vacuum is the same for all inertial observers.
Question 2 of 20ScienceElectric current can create a magnetic field.
Question 3 of 20ScienceMass and weight mean exactly the same thing.
Question 4 of 20ScienceEnergy can change form while the total amount remains conserved.
Question 5 of 20ScienceAstronauts in orbit are beyond Earth’s gravity.
Question 6 of 20ScienceA magnet must touch metal before it can exert a force.
Question 7 of 20ScienceA heavier object always falls faster than a lighter one in a vacuum.
Question 8 of 20ScienceVisible light is only a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Question 9 of 20ScienceEvery radioactive material glows bright green.
Question 10 of 20ScienceA prism separates white light because different wavelengths refract by different amounts.
Question 11 of 20SciencePressure can change the temperature at which water boils.
Question 12 of 20ScienceLight can behave as both a wave and a particle.
Question 13 of 20ScienceA vacuum contains no fields or quantum activity of any kind.
Question 14 of 20ScienceA perfectly isolated system can gain energy from nowhere.
Question 15 of 20ScienceLaser light is typically more coherent than light from an ordinary bulb.
Question 16 of 20ScienceSound needs a material medium through which to travel.
Question 17 of 20ScienceAbsolute zero is colder than any temperature yet reached in a laboratory.
Question 18 of 20ScienceAt room temperature, metal feels colder than wood because its temperature is lower.
Question 19 of 20ScienceCentrifugal force is a fundamental force like gravity.
Question 20 of 20ScienceA sonic boom happens only at the instant an aircraft breaks the sound barrier.

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