Suppose that the Sun—Earth distance were 10 AU instead of 1 AU. Then the energy of sunlight received per square meter on Earth each second would be ________ it is today.

A) 10 times as great as
B) about the same as
C) 1/100 as much as
D) 100 times as great as
E) 1/10 as much as


C) 1/100 as much as

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What will be an ideal response?

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Consider a brick that is totally immersed in water. The long edge of the brick is vertical. The pressure on the brick is

A) the same on all surfaces of the brick. B) greatest on the face with largest area. C) greatest on the top of the brick. D) greatest on the sides of the brick. E) greatest on the bottom of the brick.

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Rotational Dynamics: A cinder block of mass m = 4.0 kg is hung from a nylon string that is wrapped around a frictionless pulley having the shape of a cylindrical shell, as shown in the figure. If the cinder block accelerates downward at 4.90 m/s2 when it is released, what is the mass M of the pulley?

A. 2.0 kg B. 4.0 kg C. 6.0 kg D. 8.0 kg E. 10 kg

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Theories for how the universe formed, have taken which of the following into account:

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