What is the Cassini division of Saturn's rings?
A) a dark ring, visible from Earth, composed of dark, dusty particles
B) a large gap, visible from Earth
C) the imaginary circle marking the halfway point of Saturn's rings
D) the widest ring of Saturn, located between two large ring gaps
E) the most opaque ring of Saturn, made of highly reflective ice particles
B
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A projectile is thrown from the top of a building with an initial velocity of 30 m/s in the horizontal direction. If the top of the building is 30 m above the ground, how fast will the projectile be moving just before it strikes the ground?
a. 35 m/s b. 39 m/s c. 31 m/s d. 43 m/s e. 54 m/s
An electron has a speed of 0.643c. Through what potential difference would the electron need to be accelerated (starting from rest) in order to reach this speed? (c = 3.00 × 108 m/s, e = 1.60 × 10-19 C, mel = 9.11 × 10-31 kg)
A) 160 kV B) 200 kV C) 130 kV D) 180 kV
At night an underwater scuba diver aims a flashlight beam toward the surface at 15° to the normal. Upon emerging into the air, the beam angle will be
A) less than 15°. B) 15°. C) more than 15°. D) impossible to predict.
All the following statements are true. Which one explains why mean solar time differs from apparent solar time?
A) The length of a solar day is not always exactly 24 hours. B) Earth's rotation period is actually about 23 hours and 56 minutes, not 24 hours. C) Earth's axis precesses with a period of about 26,000 years. D) The Sun reaches the meridian at different times at different longitudes within the same time zone.