The inventor of the mercury barometer was
a. Newton.
b. Galileo.
c. Bergeron.
d. Torricelli.
d
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A) magnitude of charge. B) separation distance. C) both of these D) neither of these
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A) captured asteroids and comets B) captured objects from outside the solar system C) small clumps of gas left over from the formation of the host planet D) fragments of other moons
The wavelength of a traveling wave can be calculated if one knows the:
a. frequency. b. speed and amplitude. c. amplitude and frequency. d. frequency and speed.
Air within the funnel of a large tornado may have a pressure of only 0.2 ATM. What is the approximate outward force on a (5 m × 10^ m) wall if a tornado suddenly envelops the house? (1 ATM = 1.01 × 10^5 N/m2.)
a. 4 × 10^3 N b. 4 × 10^4 N c. 4 × 10^5 N d. 4 × 10^6 N e. 7 × 10^5 N