Galactic Fountains Are an Important Way to Explain _____

question 39

Multiple Choice

Galactic fountains are an important way to explain _____.

• A) the distribution of metals in and above the plane of the galactic disk
• B) the nature of dark matter
• C) the formation of the galactic disk from the first stages of our galaxy
• D) the generation and support of spiral density waves
• E) why the spiral arms are active sites of star formation

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