A marble, a bowling ball, a basketball, and a baseball are rolling across the floor at 10 m/s. Which one has the greatest
1 answer:
Answer:
The bowling ball
Explanation:
The kinetic energy of an object is given by:
where
m is the mass of the object
v is its speed
In the problem, all the balls have same speed v: so their difference in kinetic energy will depend on their mass only.
We don't know the exact masses of the balls, however we can assume that the bowling ball has the largest mass among them: therefore, the bowling ball will also have the greatest kinetic energy.
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Answer:
Star A would be brighter than Star B
Explanation:
The apparent brightness of a star as perceived on Earth is dependent on its temperature, size, luminosity and distance from the Earth. Apparent brightness is the visible brightness to the eye at the surface of the Earth, while luminosity is the true brightness at the surface of the star.
A hotter star will radiate more energy per second per meter square of surface area. A larger star will have a greater surface area for radiation of energy, thus increasing the luminosity. For two identical stars, the difference in apparent brightness will be dependent on their distances from Earth.
Brightness and distance from earth have an inverse square relationship.
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Assuming the star is a point source of radiation, as distance from the source is increased, the radiation is distributed over a surface proportional to the distance form the source. As distance is further increased, the radiation is distributed over a larger surface area reducing the effective luminosity.
If one star (Star B) is twice as far from the earth as the first (Star A), the brightness of Star B will be of Star A.
Thus, Star B will appear to be a quarter of the brightness of Star A. Or, Star A will appear to be 4 times as bright as Star B.