One plate slides horizontally past another plate at the type of plate boundary called ______________
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Equilibrium: The mobile shown in the figure is perfectly balanced, and the horizontal supports have insignificant masses. What must be the masses of the suspended objects m1, m2, and m3 to maintain balance?
What will be an ideal response?
Suppose that you measure the parallax angle for a particular star to be 0.5 arcsecond. The distance to this star is
A) 0.5 light-year. B) 0.5 parsec. C) 5 light-years. D) 5 parsecs. E) 2 parsecs.
The orbits of most comets:
A) are like the planets, fairly circular and in the ecliptic plane. B) lie almost entirely beyond the orbit of Neptune. C) have perihelions within the orbits of Mercury. D) go no farther out than Pluto, then return to the Sun again. E) are shorter than the 76 year period for Comet Halley.
If the velocity of a bicycle rider decreases from 37.0 mi/h to 7.0 mi/h in 5.0 min, his average acceleration is
a) -6.0 mi/h/min b) -8.3 mi/h/min c) 1.7 mi/h/min d) -6.7 mi/h/min