What would happen if you hung so much mass on the spring that it exceeded the spring's elastic limit?
The spring would stretch out of shape and become permanently deformed, making it
unsuitable for further use.
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Sunspots are dark because they are
A. slightly cooler regions, meaning they emit less light than the surrounding areas. B. holes in the photosphere, allowing astronomers to view into the Sun's interior. C. shadows from clouds in the Sun's atmosphere. D. landmasses like continents on Earth.
A spherical surface surrounds a point charge at its center. If the charge is quadrupled and if the radius of the surface is doubled, what happens to the electric flux FE out of the surface and the magnitude E of the electric field at the surface as a result of these doublings?
a. FE and E do not change. c. FE increases and E remains the same. b. FE increases and E increases. d. FE increases and E decreases.
_____ is the event that occurs when the Moon passes directly between Earth and the Sun, blocking your view of the Sun
A) The summer solstice B) A solar eclipse C) The winter solstice D) A lunar eclipse
Which of the following increases the internal energy of a solid metal rod?
a. raising it to a greater height c. having the rod conduct heat b. throwing it through the air d. having the rod absorb heat