When a neutron decays to a proton, a(n) __________ particle is emitted

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


beta particle

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Two identical small charged spheres are a certain distance apart, and each one initially experiences an electrostatic force of magnitude F due to the other. With time, charge gradually leaks off of both spheres

When each of the spheres has lost half its initial charge, the magnitude of the electrostatic force will be A) 1/16 F. B) 1/8 F. C) 1/4 F. D) 1/2 F.

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What is an accretion disk?

A) any flattened disk in space, such as the disk of the Milky Way Galaxy B) a disk of hot gas swirling rapidly around a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole C) a stream of gas flowing from one star to its binary companion star D) a disk of material found around every white dwarf in the Milky Way Galaxy

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A simple beam (L 5 9 m) with attached bracket BDE has force P 5 5 kN applied downward at E. The bending moment just right of B is approximately:

(A) 6 N?m
(B) 10 N?m
(C) 19 N?m
(D) 22 N?m

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A moon that goes inside the Roche Limit will

A) get heated by the strong magnetic fields. B) collide with a major satellite. C) escape its planet's gravity. D) be torn apart by the planet's tidal forces. E) become a planet.

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