Which two layers of the atmosphere are responsible for the majority of the solar radiation absorption?
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1. Answer: components
A two dimensional vector can be divided into two parts called horizontal component and vertical component.
A three dimensional vector can be divided into three components: one along x-axis, one along y-axis and one along z-axis.
Hence, the vector parts that add up to the resultant are called components.
2. Answer: 5 miles.
The resultant distance along the straight line from the starting point to the end point would be the displacement.
The displacement would be equal to the magnitude of the hypotenuse formed in the right triangle.
Displacement,
3. Answer: Scalar
A scalar quantity has only magnitude. For example, speed and distance are scalar quantities and can be normally added to find the total.
A vector quantity has both magnitude as well as direction. The components are summed according to vector addition rules. For example, velocity, acceleration, force etc.
(a) See graph in attachment
The appropriate graph to draw in this part is a graph of velocity vs time.
In this problem, we have a horse that accelerates from 0 m/s to 15 m/s in 10 s.
Assuming the acceleration of the horse is uniform, it means that the velocity (y-coordinate of the graph) must increase linearly with the time: therefore, the velocity-time graph will appear as a straight line, having the final point at
t = 10 s
v = 15 m/s
(b)
The average acceleration of the horse can be calculated as:
where
v is the final velocity
u is the initial velocity
t is the time interval
In this problem,
u = 0
v = 15 m/s
t = 10 s
Substituting,
(c) 75 m
For a uniformly accelerated motion, the distance travelled can be calculated by using the suvat equation:
where
s is the distance travelled
u is the initial velocity
t is the time interval
a is the acceleration
In this problem,
u = 0
t = 10 s
Substituting,
(d) See attached graphs
In a uniformly accelerated motion:
- The distance travelled (x) follows the equation mentioned in part c,
So, we see that this has the form of a parabola: therefore, the graph x vs t will represents a parabola.
- The acceleration is constant during the motion, and its value is
(calculated in part b)
therefore, the graph acceleration vs time will show a flat line at a constant value of 1.5 m/s^2.
