What most strongly affects the strength of a planet's Coriolis effect?
A) a planet's distance from the Sun
B) the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
C) a planet's size and rotation rate
D) a planet's size and temperature
E) the tilt of a planet's axis
C) a planet's size and rotation rate
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A string with a mass per length of 2.00 g/m is stretched between two points that are 0.400 m apart. The third mode frequency of the stretched string is 120 Hz higher than the fundamental mode frequency. What is the tension in the string?
A. 75.0 N B. 96.0 N C. 101 N D. 120 N E. 134 N
What type of meteorite is the most abundant? Most easily found? Why the difference?
What will be an ideal response?
The average intensity of the sunlight in Miami, Florida, is 1060 W/m2. What is the average value of the force exerted on a 16m2 surface that absorbs this light?
A) 7.83 × 10-5 N B) 1.63 × 10-5 N/m2 C) 2.61 × 10-5 N D) 5.65 × 10-5 N E) 0.204 × 10-5 N
What is the total mass of a binary star system with P = 20 yr and a = 10 AU?
a. 2 solar masses b. 2.5 solar masses c. 0.5 solar mass d. 80 solar masses e. 0.4 solar mass