When a spray can is being used, it feels cooler than when it was first picked up. Why?

What will be an ideal response?


The evaporation of the propellant takes heat away from the can and its surroundings.

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A stream of water is leaking from the roof of a train into the cab below, to the dismay of the passengers in the cab. The train is moving with a constant speed of 100 km/hour. An observer from outside the train sees the situation through the train window as the train passes by. Which observer(s) see a parabolic path for the water as it moves through the air of the cab?

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Go to the screen in the interactive figure called "Major Geological Features." Which of the following statements about the Tharsis Bulge, often simply called "Tharsis," are true?

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Two charges of 15 pC and ?40 pC are inside a cube with sides that are of 0.40-m length. Determine the net electric flux through the surface of the cube.

A. +2.8 N ? m2/C B. ?1.1 N ? m2/C C. +1.1 N ? m2/C D. ?2.8 N ? m2/C E. ?0.47 N ? m2/C

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