At any given moment on Earth, there are about ________ active thunderstorms.

a. 100
b. 200
c. 300
d. 400


Answer: b. 200

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When it is struck by 240-nm photons, a material having a work function of 2.60 eV emits electrons. What is the maximum kinetic energy of the emitted electrons?

(c = 3.00 × 108 m/s, h = 6.626 × 10-34 J ? s, 1 eV = 1.60 × 10-19 J) A) 2.58 eV B) 5.18 eV C) 2.00 eV D) 4.21 eV

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You are serving the volleyball for the second time in a volleyball game. If the ball leaves your hand with twice the velocity it had on your first serve, its horizontal range R (compared to your first serve) would be

A) twice as much. B) half as much. C) times as much. D) four times as much. E) 2 times as much.

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If two parallel, conducting plates have equal positive charge, the electric field lines will:

a. leave one plate and go straight to the other plate. b. leave both plates and go to infinity. c. enter both plates from infinity. d. none of the above.

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