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List and explain briefly similarities and differences between the electric force between two charges and the gravitational force

bazaltina [42]

Answer:

Please see below as the answers are self-explanatory.

Explanation:

Similarities

1) The resultant force is along the line that joins both charges or both masses (assuming both objects can be represented as points)

2) Both type of forces obey Newton's 3rd law.

3) Both are proportional to the product of the property that is affected by the force (charges and masses)

4) Both obey an inverse - square law (consequence of our universe being three-dimensional)

Differences

1) Main difference, is that while the gravitational force is always attractive, the electrostatic force can be attractive or repulsive, as there are two types of charges, which attract each other being of different type, and repel each other if they are of the same type.

2) It is possible, artificially, to block the influence of the electrostatic force, shielding a room, for instance, which is not possible for the gravitational force.

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3 years ago

A trait of an organism that helps it survive in its environment is calles

kompoz [17]

Answer is adaptation. An organism develops a trait over time to help survive in its environment called an adaptation. You could take a giraffe for example. A long time ago giraffes actually had short necks, but now since their food is higher they soon developed a longer neck and this is what we now see in the present. This goes for any artic animal. Polar bears and seals have a white fur adaptation to help them blend in with their environment. A chameleon changes colors in order to hide from predators and sneak up on prey. These are all adaptations

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Within the theory of G relativity what, exactly, is meant by " the speed of light WITHIN A VACUUM" ? & what does that have t

Ber [7]

The speed of light "within a vacuum" refers to the speed of electromagnetic radiation propagating in empty space, in the complete absence of matter. This is an important distinction because light travels slower in material media and the theory of relativity is concerned with the speed only in vacuum. In fact, the theory of relativity and the "speed of light" actually have nothing to do with light at all. The theory deals primarily with the relation between space and time and weaves them into an overarching structure called spacetime. So where does the "speed of light" fit into this? It turns out that in order to talk about space and time as different components of the same thing (spacetime) they must have the same units. That is, to get space (meters) and time (seconds) into similar units, there has to be a conversion factor. This turns out to be a velocity. Note that multiplying time by a velocity gives a unit conversion of
$seconds \times \frac{meters}{seconds} =meters$
This is why we can talk about lightyears. It's not a unit of time, but distance light travels in a year. We are now free to define distance as a unit of time because we have a way to convert them.
As it turns out light is not special in that it gets to travel faster than anything else. Firstly, other things travel that fast too (gravity and information to name two). But NO events or information can travel faster than this. Not because they are not allowed to beat light to the finish line---remember my claim that light has nothing to do with it. It's because this speed (called "c") converts space and time. A speed greater than c isn't unobtainable---it simply does not exist. Period. Just like I can't travel 10 meters without actually moving 10 meters, I cannot travel 10 meters without also "traveling" at least about 33 nanoseconds (about the time it takes light to get 10 meters) There is simply no way to get there in less time, anymore than there is a way to walk 10 meters by only walking 5.
We don't see this in our daily life because it is not obvious that space and time are intertwined this way. This is a result of our lives spent at such slow speeds relative to the things around us.
This is the fundamental part to the Special Theory of Relativity (what you called the "FIRST" part of the theory) Here is where Einstein laid out the idea of spacetime and the idea that events (information) itself propagates at a fixed speed that, unlike light, does not slow down in any medium. The idea that what is happening "now" for you is not the same thing as what is "now" for distant observers or observers that are moving relative to you. It's also where he proposed of a conversion factor between space and time, which turned out to be the speed of light in vacuum.

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5. The atmosphere is heated both by the Sun and by the Earth's surface. Water radiates heat differently than land, so the air te

Ierofanga [76]

They would feel that the water is cold.

 The atmosphere is heated both by the Sun and by the Earth's surface. Water radiates heat differently than land, so the air temperature over the ocean is usually different than the air temperature over land. 
The difference in air temperature over land compared to over water causes convection currents in the atmosphere. How would a person at the beach experience these convection currents?
They would feel that the water is cold.

NOT:
They would feel the heat of the Sun.
They would feel that the sand is hot.
They would feel wind as the air moves.

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An electron is confined to a one dimensional infinite potential well 150 pm. How much energy must it absorb if it is to jump to

igor_vitrenko [27]

Answer:

\Delta E=1.22\times 10^{-22}J

Explanation:

The energy of electron in any state is given by $E=\frac{n^2h^2}{8mL^2}$ here h is planck's constant n is state of electron L is the infinte potential well m is the mass of electron