The meaning of the word "energy" is immediately clear to anyone
What will be an ideal response?
We wish! I would hope the student will recognize from this opening chapter the
difficulty here.
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A single-slit diffraction pattern is formed on a distant screen. Assuming the angles involved are small, by what factor will the width of the central bright spot on the screen change if the wavelength of the illuminating light is doubled?
A) It will be cut to one-quarter its original size. B) It will be cut in half. C) It will double. D) It will become four times as large. E) It will become eight times as large.
It takes 2.0 minutes to fill a gas tank with 60 liters of gasoline. If the pump nozzle is 1.0 cm in radius, what is the average speed of the gasoline as it leaves the nozzle? (1000 liters = one cubic meter)
a. 0.27 m/s c. 1.6 m/s b. 1.1 m/s d. 64 m/s
At their closest approach, Venus and Earth are 4.20 × 1010 m apart. The mass of Venus is 4.87 × 1024 kg, the mass of Earth is 5.97 × 1024 kg, and G = 6.67 x 10-11 N•m2/kg2. What is the force exerted by Venus on Earth at that point?
A) 1.10 × 1018 N B) 4.62 × 1028 N C) 5.43 × 1026 N D) 6.30 × 1020 N E) 1.72 × 1019 N
The rotation curve of a galaxy can be used to determine
a. the relative number of hot young stars in the galaxy. b. the relative amount of gas and dust in the galaxy. c. the radius of the galaxy. d. the luminosity of the galaxy. e. the mass of the galaxy.