The Polynesian navigators of the South Pacific found their way primarily by observing the position of Polaris in the night sky

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FALSE

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In the Bohr model of the atom, an electron can only exist in specific, well-defined energy levels

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A string fixed at both ends is vibrating in one of its harmonics. If we now increase only the frequency at which the string is vibrating, which of the following characteristics do we also increase? (There could be more than one correct choice.)

A) the speed of the traveling waves on the string B) the period of the traveling waves on the string C) the wavelength of the traveling waves on the string D) the amplitude of the traveling waves on the string E) none of the above

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An astronomical unit is larger than a light-year

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The average distance of the electron from the proton in the hydrogen atom is 0.51 × 10^-10 m. What is the electric field from the proton's charge at the location of the electron? (ke = 8.99 × 10^9 N×m2/C2, e = 1.6 × 10^-19 C)

a. 8.8 × 10^-8 N/C c. 3.2 × 10^2 N/C b. 1.0 × 10^6 N/C d. 5.5 × 10^11 N/C

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