If the Sun were replaced by a one solar mass black hole:
A) all terrestrial planets would fall in immediately.
B) we would still orbit it in a period of one year.
C) we would immediately escape into deep space, driven out by its radiation.
D) our clocks would all stop.
E) life here would be unchanged.
B
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Today, the energy resource that supplies the United States with the greatest amount of electricity is
A) oil. B) coal. C) nuclear. D) hydroelectric. E) natural gas.
After landing on an unexplored Klingon planet, Spock tests for the direction of the magnetic field by firing a beam of electrons in various directions and by recording the following observations: Electrons moving upward feel a magnetic force in
the northwest direction. Electrons moving horizontally toward the north are pushed downward. Electrons moving horizontally toward the southeast are pushed upward. Mr. Spock therefore concludes that the magnetic field at this landing site is in which direction? A) toward the east B) toward the northeast C) toward the southwest D) toward the southeast E) toward the west
The object above a valley floor that consists of glacial ice is called
a. a valley glacier. b. a gulley glacier c. a canyon glacier. d. none of these.
A car approaches a stationary police car at 36 m/s. The frequency of the siren (relative to the police car) is 500 Hz. What is the frequency (in Hz) heard by an observer in the moving car as he approaches the police car? (Assume the velocity of sound in air is 343 m/s.)
a. 220 b. 448 c. 526 d. 552 e. 383