Mara and Ivy are asked to identify two minerals in science class. To do this, they decide to study the physical properties of the minerals in the following ways. 1. Examine how they freeze.
2. Determine how they break.
3. Rub them on a white tile plate. What is the best method (or methods) for the girls to study the physical properties and
identity the two minerals?
1 only
2 only
1 and 2
2 and 3

Imagine that a new planet is discovered with two moons of equal mass: moon a and moon b. the mass of the new planet is greater than the combined mass of its moons. moon a is farther away from the new planet than moon b. what is the planet's gravitational pull on moon a compared to the planet's gravitational pull on moon b? the planet's gravity repels moon a with a greater force than it repels moon b, which is why moon a is farther away. the gravitational pull on moon b is greater than on moon a because moon b is closer to the new planet than moon a. the gravitational pull on moon b is greater than on moon a because moon b is farther away from the new planet than moon a. the gravitational pull on moon a is the same as the gravitational pull on moon b because distance does not affect the planet's gravity.