A common belief is that everything that happens is predetermined by the predetermined mechanical motions of atoms, much as a clock operates. A good argument against this position is
A) Newtonian physics, on which this idea is based, cannot be conclusively proven to be true.
B) many great scientists, such as Democritus, Kepler, and Newton, dispute this belief.
C) science is not really relevant to our lives anyway.
D) All of the above are good answers.
E) Actually, there isn't any good answer to this position.
A
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A. 27° B. 32° C. 36° D. 39°
The temperature of n moles of a gas is increased from Ti to Tf at constant volume. If the molar specific heat at constant volume is CV and is independent of temperature, then change in the entropy of the gas is:
A. nCV ln(Tf /Ti) B. nCV ln(Ti/Tf ) C. nCV ln(Tf ? Ti) D. nCV ln(1 ? Ti/Tf ) E. nCV (Tf ? Ti)
Starting from rest, a car travels 1350 meters in 1.00 minute. It accelerated at 1.0 m/s2 until it reached its cruising speed. Then it drove the remaining distance at constant velocity. What was its cruising speed?
What will be an ideal response?
New telescopes are using "adaptive optics.". What is that?
a. using parabolic instead of spherical mirrors b. using computer image processing to enhance images c. building mirrors in hexagonal segments d. continually adjusting the mirror's shape during observations