Dr. Chuck projects a ball horizontally from a lab bench. The ball lands on a bullseye marked on the floor a horizontal distance away

Compared to the time for the ball to simply drop vertically from the bench, the time in the air for Dr. Chuck's projected ball is
A) less.
B) the same.
C) greater.


Answer: B

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a. a ball lying on the ground started to bounce. b. transfer of energy by heat moved energy from an object at low temperature to an object at a higher temperature. c. a motion picture was run backwards through the projector. d. any of the above occurred. e. (a) or (b) occurred, but not (c).

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As a blackbody becomes hotter it will radiate ____

a. less energy, at a longer wavelength of maximum intensity b. less energy, at a shorter wavelength of maximum intensity c. more energy, at a longer wavelength of maximum intensity d. more energy, at a shorter wavelength of maximum intensity e. more energy, at a constant wavelength of maximum intensity

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Which color of visible light carries the most energy per photon?

A) red B) green C) blue D) violet E) all the same

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Exhibit 13-1

Two blocks of masses m1 and m2 are connected by a light cord that passes over a pulley of mass M, as shown. Block m2 slides on a frictionless horizontal surface. The blocks and pulley are initially at rest. When m1 is released, the blocks accelerate and the pulley rotates.
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Use this exhibit to answer the following question(s).
Refer to . The total angular momentum of the system of the two blocks and the pulley relative to the axis of rotation of the pulley is

a.
the same at all times.

b.
proportional to l1, the length of string from the pulley to m1.

c.
proportional to l2, the length of string from the pulley to m2.

d.
conserved because the Earth doesn't move.

e.
proportional to the speed of the blocks.

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