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How many Christians believe in the signs of the stars or heaven or astrology

True Christians do not believe in Astrology. .

What are the main sources of meteoroids

1. Interplanetary debris that was not gravitationally swept up by the planets during the formation of the solar system.

2. Material from the asteroid belt.

3. The solid remains of comets that once traveled near Earth's orbit.

The jovian planets contain a large percentage of the gases

Hydrogen and Helium

What type of front forms when the surface position of the front does not move

stationary

Which type of air mass originates in northern Canada

cT

What kind of front is created when a cold front overtakes a warm front

It's an occluded front.
occluded front.
When a cold front overtakes a warm front, the warm air mass is lifted entirely off the ground and an occluded front forms.
This is an occluded front.
An occluded front occurs

Hurricanes produce sustained winds of at least

Hurricanes produce sustained winds of at least 74 mph (119 km/h).

Why can radio telescopes be used 24 hours a day

Radio signals are not overpowered by daytime sunlight as are optical signals, thus 24 hour operation.

An air mass is a large body of air with uniform temperature and

temperature humidity and pressure

Which thickly clouded planet has radar mapping revealed a varied topography consisting of plains highlands and thousands of volcanic structures

Venus

Which is considered a boundary between two different fronts

both warm and cold front

What forms where warm air moves toward cold air

A warm front forms.

What do white dwarfs and neutron stars have in common

Both white dwarfs and neutron stars are extremely dense remnants of the collapsed cores of dead stars.

What is the shape of a middle-latitude cyclone

Mid-latitude cyclones are typically comma-shaped.

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