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One nautical mile is equal to 1.15 statute miles. Why are nautical miles used? (20 points)

	It's just an old standard that's used because it's always been used
	Nautical miles adjust for the fact that the vessel is traveling through a fluid.
	A nautical mile corresponds to one minute of latitude
	The cost of re-instrumenting old vessels is prohibitive
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Maß is an old Austro-Bavarian unit of volume. It is now used to measure what? (30 points)

	Oil
	Gasoline
	Beer
	Coffee
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If an ER doctor yells at you, "I need 50cc of adrenaline," what volume of adrenaline do they want? (30 points)

	50 cubic decimeters
	50 milliliters
	50 cubic meters
	50 centiliters
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Which of the following is the best definition of a meter? (40 points)

	The length of a pendulum with a period of 2 seconds.
	3 feet.
	1/100th the length of a football field.
	The cube root of the volume of 1kg of liquid water.
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What is the current SI definition of the meter? (30 points)

	The length of the path traveled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299792458 of a second.
	One ten millionth of the length of the earth's meridian along a quadrant.
	The length of a pendulum that swings with a "beat" of 1 second.
	The length of a pendulum that swings with a period of 2 seconds.
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What is the mass of 1 cubic meter of liquid water? (40 points)

	100kg
	1 short (English) ton
	1 metric tonne
	1 kg
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how many feet are in a mile? (20 points)

	4280
	5820
	5280
	4820
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How many feet are there in a mile? (20 points)

	10,000
	1,760
	5,000
	5,280
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In science, a "newton" is a unit of: (20 points)

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	mass
	force
	time
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Jules Verne wrote the novel 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea... but what approximate distance was referenced in this title? (40 points)

	70, 000 miles
	50 miles
	15 feet
	300 yards
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