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What important process did Priestley discover with plants?

Plants release oxygen

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What did Priestley use to test his gas samples?

Candles and animals (like mice)

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What tool did Eratosthenes mainly use to make his calculations?

A gnomon or stick for measuring shadows

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What effect did Priestley notice when mice breathed oxygen?

They lived longer and were more active

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What scientific idea is Doppler known for?

The Doppler effect

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What is Eratosthenes famous for measuring?

Earth’s circumference

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How did Priestley discover oxygen?

By heating mercury oxide with sunlight

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What assumption did Eratosthenes make about the Sun’s rays?

That they arrive at Earth parallel to each other

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What does the Doppler effect help astronomers measure?

Whether stars and galaxies are moving toward or away from us

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What gas did Priestley discover?

Oxygen

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What everyday example demonstrates the Doppler effect?

An ambulance siren changing pitch as it passes

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What happens to sound waves when something moves toward you?

The waves compress and frequency increases

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How did Eratosthenes measure Earth’s size?

By comparing shadows at two locations

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