What is the difference between a concentration gradient and a density gradient?
What will be an ideal response?
Concentration is the number of moles in a prescribed volume while density is
the amount of mass in a prescribed volume. The gradients just reflect these two
definitions.
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In each of the following situations, point charge q moves in a uniform magnetic field B. The strength of the magnetic field is indicated by the density of field lines. In each situation, the initial speed v of the charge is the same. For which situation(s) will the charge q travel the longest distance in a certain time T?
1.1
2.2
3.3
4.4
5.5
6.1 & 3
7.2 & 4
8.1, 2, 3 & 4
9.1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
10.Cannot be determined
Because we know that the half-lives of many radioactive isotopes are millions of years, we can deduce that
a. the longer it exists the more radioactive nuclei Earth produces. b. the sun is the source of all the radioactive nuclei on Earth. c. there must have been many more radioactive nuclei on Earth when life began. d. there must have been far fewer radioactive nuclei on Earth before life began. e. the natural radioactivity of minerals on the Earth was created by the Earth's internal temperature.
A 25-m wire of diameter 0.30 mm draws 0.499 A when connected across a 3.0-V potential difference. (a) What is the resistance of the wire? (b) What is the resistivity of the material from which the wire is made?
What will be an ideal response?
For the vertical 30 m high plate shown in Figure 5-26, heated in still air, estimate (a) the plate surface temperature and (b) the heat transfer per unit area.