Today at the beach you see the highest of all high tides during the last month. You see the Moon in the daytime sky. What is the most likely Moon phase? Why?


Answer: Waxing crescent. The tide's range is maximum around new moon and full moon, and a full moon is opposite the Sun and won't be seen in the daytime sky.

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It is desired to produce a p-type semiconductor out of Group IV silicon that will have an electrical conductivity of 100 (?·m)-1 at room temperature. Assume that the mobility of electrons in silicon is equal to 0.10 m2 /V·s, and the mobility of holes is equal to 0.03 m2 /V·s. You may assume that this semiconductor is in the extrinsic range of operation at this temperature.

(a) What is the required density of holes in the valence band? (b) What concentration of substitutional acceptor atoms will produce the desired electrical conductivity, assuming that an element from Group III is substituted for the silicon atoms?

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An atom's mass number is determined by the number of

A) neutrons in its nucleus. B) nucleons in its nucleus. C) protons in its nucleus. D) alpha particles in its nucleus. E) electron masses in its nucleus.

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In the context of Schwarzschild black holes, the _____ is the boundary between the isolated volume of space-time and the rest of the Universe

A) bridge fragment B) event horizon C) pulsating point D) status curve

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A proton in a certain particle accelerator has a kinetic energy that is equal to its rest energy. What is the TOTAL energy of the proton as measured by a physicist working with the accelerator? (c = 3.00 × 108 m/s, mproton = 1.67 × 10-27 kg)

A) 5.69 × 10-11 J B) 1.50 × 10-10 J C) 2.07 × 10-10 J D) 3.01 × 10-10 J E) 8.77 × 10-10 J

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