What physical law describes the manner in which the intensity of sunlight changes as the observer moves away from the Sun?
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The flux of solar energy decreases as distance from the Sun increases. This relationship, called an inverse-square law is:
where S represents the solar flux at some distance r from the source, and S0 represents the flux at some reference distance r0.
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A) war B) baby boom C) obesity D) birth control E) plague
A coulomb of charge that passes through a 6-V battery is given
A) 6 joules. B) 6 amperes. C) 6 ohms. D) 6 watts. E) 6 newtons.
Explain the process of convection as it occurs on Earth , and include a diagram of a convection cell. Make sure your
drawing shows Earth’s core, mantle, crust, a spreading ridge, and a trench. What will be an ideal response?
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