Energy and Mass: Consider a student whose mass is 70 kg. If all his mass were converted to electrical energy, for how many years could he keep a 100-W light bulb burning? (c = 3.0 × 108 m/s)
What will be an ideal response?
6.3 × 1016 s = 2.0 billion years!
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. The isothermal process curve will always be the upper one. b. The adiabatic process curve will always be the upper one. c. Since they start at the same point and end at the same volume, they will coincide. d. The isothermal one will start out higher, but the adiabatic one will eventually cross it.
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The theory of seafloor spreading is attributed to
A) Harry Hess. B) Marie Tharp. C) Alfred Wegener. D) Richard Oldham.